Morris v. People

The proceedings in this case do not conform to the stat*139ute. In May, 1893, Morris, the plaintiff in error, was tried on a charge of disturbing the peace in Montezuma county, and was fined twenty-five dollars and costs. He appealed from the justice’s judgment and gave the bond provided for in section 2047 of the General Statutes of 1883, and the record was transmitted to the county court by the magistrate who tried the case. When the case reached that court it was placed* on the docket, was called for trial and went over to a later day in the term at the request of the district attorney. This…