Jackson v. State
Jackson v. State
Opinion of the Court
On December 6, 1901, an information was duly filed in the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough county, charging the plaintiff in error with breaking and entering in the night time the dwelling-house of one Thomas D. Fisher with intent to steal property -exceeding the value of twenty dollars, and committing an assault upon a person lawfully in said dwelling-house.
On Mlarch 11, 1902, the defendant was duly arraigned' and tried and the jury by their verdict found him guilty as charged in the information. Defendant’s motion for a new trial having been overruled, he isu-ed out writ of error returnable to the present term of this court.
, Writs of error in criminal eases like the present lie only from final judgments therein. Sec. 2969 Rev.-Stats. The transcript filed) in thi® court fails to show the sentence or judgment of the court entered upon the verdict, if any, and consequently the writ of error must be dismissed. Savage v. State, 19 Fla. 561; Hart v. Cotten,. 44 Fla. 172, 31 South. Rep. 817. Moreover, the deck certifies the transcript in the form prescribed by special rule 3 for the government of Circuit Courts in the-
The writ of error, for reasons stated, will be dismissed'..
Reference
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- Will Jackson, In Error v. The State of Florida, in Error
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- 1. Writs of error in criminal cases lie only from final judgments, and where no final judgment is found in the transcript filed in the appellate court upon a writ of error in such cases, the writ will be dismissed. 2. Transcripts upon writs of error in criminal cases must be certified in the form prescribed by rule 103 of the rules of the Circuit Courts in common law actions, adopted at the April term, A. D. 1873, by the Supreme Court, and if not so certified the writ of error will be dismissed.