16 Ala. App. 343 - Scott v. State

BRICKEN, T.

¶1 The defendant was convicted by a, jury of the offense of assault with a weapon, and from the judgment of conviction he appeals.

¶2 [1] On submission in this court, mqtion is made by the Attorney General to strike the bill of exceptions, “for that the said bill of exceptions was not presented to the trial judge within the time required by law.” The record shows that the defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced -on October 23, 1916. The bill of exceptions was filed with the trial judge on January 26, 1917, or 9G days after the entry of the judgment. It appears that the trial judge was absent from the county, and for this reason the defendant filed his bill of exceptions with the clerk on January 22, 1917. General Acts 1915, p. 816, provide that in the event the trial judge is absent from the county in which the cause is tried and unable to accept presentation *344 of the bill, the defendant may Hie his bill of exceptions with the clerk, provided he does so within 90 days from the date of the entry of the judgment in the cause. The judgment in this case having been entered on the 23d day of October, 1916, and the bill of exceptions being filed with the clerk on January 22, 1917, and with the trial judge on January 26, 1917, it appears that by excluding the first day and including the last, as the law required, 91 days had expired before the bill was filed with the clerk and 96 days before it was presented to the trial judge. The motion to strike the bill of exceptions upon the grounds stated must therefore be granted, and the bill of exceptions isi stricken.

¶3 [2] No error of a reversible nature appears in the record proper, and the judgment of the lower court is affirmed.

¶4 Affirmed.