Territory of Montana v. Morehouse
Territory of Montana v. Morehouse
Opinion of the Court
Respondent was the prosecuting witness in a criminal case, instituted before a justice of the peace, against one Isaac Morehouse. The defendant in that case was discharged, and the respondent, Mary Morehouse, adjudged to pay the costs, upon the ground that the prosecution was malicious and without probable cause. From this order, which was made on the twenty-eighth day of January, 1888, respondent appealed to the District Court on the third day of February following. No notice was given of an intention to appeal at the time the order was made. In the District Court, the county attorney moved to dismiss the appeal, for the want of such notice. The court overruled this motion, and the Territory appealed from the order overruling said motion. Section 530 of the Criminal Practice Act provides, in substance, that where a court or jury find that there was no probable cause for commencing the prosecution, or that it was malicious, and the court taxes the costs against the prosecutor, he may appeal to the District Court, wherq the question of malice or want of probable
Appeal dismissed.
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- TERRITORY OF MONTANA v. MARY MOREHOUSE
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- Appeal — Costs for malicious prosecution — Jurisdiction.—In the case at har the prosecuting witness in a criminal case had appealed to the District Court from a judgment of a justice of the peace taxing her with the costs of prosecution, on the ground that the same was malicious. The Territory moved to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that there had heen no notice given of an intention to appeal at the time the justice rendered his judgment, and appealed from an order of the District Court denying the motion. Bold, that under subdivison 2 of section 444, division 1, Compiled Statutes, the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction of such an appeal.