Ex parte Caldwell
Ex parte Caldwell
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
By her appeal to the circuit court from the judgment of the justice of the peace convicting the appellant, the judgment of the justice was superseded, but it was not vacated. It remained in force, liable to be merged in the judgment of the circuit court when rendered in the trial of the case anew by that court on the appeal. It was allowable for the circuit court to treat the failure of the appellant to appear for trial anew as an abandonment of her appeal, and to dismiss the appeal or to enter a forfeiture against her and her sureties. It was no wrong to her to dismiss her appeal upon her failure to prosecute it,- and upon such dismissal it was proper to certify the fact to the justice of the peace who had rendered the judgment appealed from, and for him to enforce the judgment still in force and no longer superseded.
Affirmed.
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- 1. Appeal. From justices to circuit court. Conviction of misdemeanor. Dismissal. Certificate. An appeal' to the circuit court, as provided, im $ 2355 of the Code of 1880,. By one who has been convicted of a' misdemeanor before a justice- of the peace,, supersedes (under $ 2356, Code 1880), but does not vacate, the judgment of conviction in the justice’s court; and if such appeal be dismissed for want of prosecution,’as may be done, that fact should be certified to the justice of the-peace, who should then enforce his judgment. 2. Same. Certificate of dismissal. Procedendo. The fact that such certificate of dismissal is ordered to issue, and does issue, as a procedendo does not affect its efficiency. '