Case Name: STATE v. COOK et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1923-10-22
Citations: 158 La. 240
Docket Number: No. 26145
Parties: STATE v. COOK et al.
Judges: By Division A, composed of O’NIELL, C. J., and ROGERS and BRUNOT, JJ.
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 158
Pages: 239–241

Head Matter:
(103 So. 753)
No. 26145.
STATE v. COOK et al.
(Oct. 22, 1923.
On the Merits, Nov. 12, 1923.
On Rehearing, May 14, 1924.)
(Syllabus by Editorial Staff.)
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
1. Criminal law <&wkey;>ll82 — Supreme Court will affirm verdict and sentence where not finding any error therein.
Supreme Court will not dismiss an appeal, but will affirm verdict and sentence, where not finding any error therein or in proceedings when case has been finally submitted.
2. Criminal law &wkey;>l 131 (4) — Supreme Court cannot dismiss appeal without giving judgment on validity of proceedings.
Supreme Court cannot dismiss appeal on ground that there is no apparent error in proceedings without thereby giving judgment on validity of proceedings.
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston; Robert S. Ellis, Judge.
Wilburn Cook and others were convicted of manufacturing intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes, and they appeal. Affirmed.
Rehearing by WHOLE COURT; O’NIELL, C. J., and ROGERS and BRUNOT, JJ., dissenting.
W. B. Kemp, of Amite, for appellants.
A. V. Coco, Atty. Gen., and AI. J. Allen, Dist. Atty., of Amite (A. J. Bordelon, of Alarksville, and T. S. Walmsley, of New Orleans, of counsel), for the State.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
By Division A, composed of O'NIELL, C. J., and ROGERS and BRUNOT, JJ.
O'NIELL, C. J.
Appellant was convicted of manufacturing intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes and was sentenced to pay a fine and be imprisoned.
The state has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that there is not a bill of exception in the record or an error in the proceedings. If we do not find any error in the proceedings, when the case has been finally submitted, we will not dismiss the appeal, but will affirm the verdict and sentence. We cannot dismiss the appeal on the ground that there is no apparent error in the proceedings, without thereby giving judgment on the validity of the proceedings. State v. Durane, 153 La. 1021, 97 So. 26.
The motion to dismiss the appeal is overruled.