Redding v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for theft of chickens, punishment a fine of $50.00 and ten days in the county jail.

The state’s attorney with this court moves to dismiss this appeal because the record contains no sentence, and this being a felony, a sentence would be a prerequisite to the jurisdiction of this court. If this be a felony he is correct. We are thus called upon to decide the question and are forced to admit that the answer is in doubt. Chap. 15, Acts of First Called Session of -Thirty-ninth Legislature, contains the law, if any there be, making the theft of chickens a felony. The…