State v. Hinchey
State v. Hinchey
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The respondent moves the court to strike from the transcript the alleged statement of facts, for the following reasons: (1) No notice of the settlement of such statement was ever served on the prosecuting attorney or tiled as required by the statute. ■( 2) Said statement of facts was signed and settled by the judge after he had lost jurisdiction to settle and certify the same. (3) The said statement of facts is not certified as required by law.
There is nothing in the record showing that any notice of settling the statement of facts was served on the prose
The judgment was rendered in this case on December 14, 1891, and the statement of facts was not signed or settled by the judge who tried the cause until April 25, 1892. And it appears from the certificate of the judge attached to the statement of facts that a partial and imperfect statement of facts was presented to him on the 19th day of January, 1892, but was returned to counsel with request to correct it as suggested, but that it was not again presented to him until the day above mentioned, when it was signed, subject to the objection of the prosecuting attorney, that the court had no jurisdiction to settle and sign it at that time. The judge also certifies that no application was made to him to extend the time for settlement. It follows, therefore, that even if the judge had jurisdiction to settle the statement first presented to him, he had no jurisdiction to do so at the time he settled and signed the statement, which was presented more than three months after the statutory time had expired. The motion to strike the statement of facts from the transcript must be granted.
The respondent also moves the court to strike the bill of exceptions from the files on the ground that no notice of the settlement thereof was served upon the respondent as required by law. And as the record is silent as to notice there is nothing before us to show that the court had jurisdiction to settle the same. The appellant offers to show by an affidavit that the prosecuting attorney had due notice of the settlement of the bill of exceptions, and made no objections to the same as found in the transcript, but, for the reason already indicated, the affidavit cannot be here con
There being no error in the record, the judgment must be affirmed, and it is so ordered.
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- The State of Washington v. Thomas W. Hinchey
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- APPEAL—STATEMENT OE FACTS—JURISDICTION TO SETTLE—NOTICE —EXTENSION OF TIME —OMISSIONS—EXTRANEOUS PROOF. Notice by the appellant to the respondent of the settlement of a statement of facts is necessary to give the court jurisdiction to settle, and the fact that the requisite notice was given should appear in the record on appeal. Although a judge may have jurisdiction to settle and certify a statement of facts when first presented to him, yet, if he returns the statement to counsel with a request to correct it in certain particulars, and no application is made to him to extend the time of settlement, he has no jurisdiction to settle and sign the statement after the statutory time has expired. Eacts which ought to appear in a statement of facts properly settled, signed and authenticated, cannot, when controverted, be established in the supreme court by affidavits or other proof.