¶1Under the provisions of section 3621, Revised Statutes, 1889, one “who shall willfully and maliciously or cruelly maim,” etc., “any horse,” etc., shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Indicted and convicted under this section, the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for six months. Inasmuch as the offense charged is simply a misdemeanor, this court has no jurisdiction, and consequently this cause is transferred to the St. Louis'court of appeals.
116 Mo. 522
State v. Nicholson
Decided June 13, 1893
Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1893-06-13
<p>Jurisdiction of Supreme Court: misdemeanor: appeal: The supreme court has no jurisdiction of an appeal from a judgment of conviction of a misdemeanor, and whei'e, in such case, the appeal is ’ improperly taken to such court it will he transferred to the court of appeals having jurisdiction.</p>
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently May 1915
2 state decisions
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Transferred to St · Decided 1893-06-13
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