State v. Armstrong

The defendant was convicted of gambling, in the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction, and fined ten dollars, and the court thereupon allowed an appeal, ordered a stay of proceedings, and took the proper recognizance. The clerk, under the provisions of section 16, pp. 1114-15, Wagner’s Statutes, sent up the transcript, but the appellant fails to prosecute his appeal by presenting a brief of the facts and points upon which he relies, or to appear at all in this court.

At the last term, counsel for the State brought in the transcript and moved an affirmance of the judgment upon the ground that…