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17 Ala. App. 415

84 So 775

Williams v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided April 13, 1920

Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1920-04-13

<p>Criminal Law <&wkey;1094^-JuDGMENT Affirmed after Expiration of Time for Filing Bill of Exceptions.</p> <p>Where appeal is on record proper without bill of exceptions, and record shows regular proceedings, and judgment of conviction and sentence imposed in due form, and time for presentation and filing of bill of exceptions has expired, judgment will be affirmed.</p> <p>(S=oFor other cases see same topic and KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests and Indexes</p>

Affirmed · Decided 1920-04-13

MERRITT, J.

¶1 The defendant, a woman, was indicted for murder. She was tried and convicted of the offense of 'manslaughter in the first degree, and was duly sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years.

¶2 The appeal here is on the record proper, without a bill of exceptions, and the record shows regular proceedings and judgment of conviction, finding the defendant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, following the verdict of the jury; it also shows a sentence imposed upon the defendant in due form. The certificate of the clerk of the court shows that the time for presentation and filing of the bill of exceptions has expired.

¶3 The record is free of error, and the judgment of the lower court is affirmed.

¶4 Affirmed.

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