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123 Ala. 72

Campbell v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1898

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1898-11-15

A. A.- Evans. Tlie appellant' was indicted, tried -and convicted for tlie larceny of a liog.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently September 1968

3 state decisions

Relies on Burke v. State · Nichols v. State · Ayers v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1898-11-15

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SHARPE, J.

¶1There was a verdict in this cause finding the defendant guilty and fixing his punishment at hard labor for the county for thirty days and also assessing a fine of one dollar. The record recites a judgment by confession for the fine and costs, but there was no *74judgment of conviction pronounced upon the verdict. When there is -no judgment of conviction the confessed judgment fails, since it has no foundation to rest upon. Burke v. State, 71 Ala. 377. It is .only from a judgment of conviction that the statute gives the right of appeal in a criminal case. — Code, § 4313.

¶2The precise question as to whether an appeal lies in a case like the present one was determined negatively in Ayers v. State, 71 Ala. 11, and again in Nichols v. State, 100 Ala. 23.

¶3For the reasons stated the motion submitted to dismiss the appeal will be granted.

¶4Appeal dismissed.

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