Case Name: The State v. John Smith, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1897-03-10
Citations: 138 Mo. 102
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. John Smith, Appellant.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 102–103

Head Matter:
The State v. John Smith, Appellant.
Division Two,
March 10, 1897.
Appellate Practice: no bill of exceptions. Where no bill of exceptions is filed in a cause, there is nothing before the appellate court for review except what appears from the record proper; and where no error appears in this, the judgment will be affirmed
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court.
Affirmed.

Opinion:
Burgess, J.
At the May term, 1896, of the criminal court of the city of St. Louis the defendant was convicted of assault with intent to commit a rape upon one Ella Donagan a female child of the age of seven years, under an indictment theretofore preferred by the grand jury of said city, and his punishment fixed at fifteen years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.
From the judgment and sentence he appealed.
No bill of exceptions was filed in the cause, so that there is nothing before us for review other than' what appears from the record proper.
The indictment is free from objection. No error appearing from the record proper, we affirm the judgment.
All concur.