Case Name: Godard v. State
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1911-06-19
Citations: 100 Ark. 148
Docket Number: 
Parties: Godard v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 148–149

Head Matter:
Godard v. State.
Opinion delivered June 19, 1911.
Appeal — requisites.—Where a transcript on appeal does not show that an appeal was granted or asked, the transcript will be stricken from the files.
W. N. Ivie and Jas. P. Fanchor, for appellant.
Hal. L. Norwood, Attorney General, and William H. Rector, Assistant, for appellee.
Where the record does not show that an appeal was prayed for and granted by the lower court, this court is without jurisdiction.

Opinion:
McCulloch, C. J.
The defendant, Ben Godard, was, on March 11, 1911, convicted of the crime of forgery, and has filed a transcript of the record in this court. It does not appear, however, from the transcript that there was an appeal granted, or a prayer for an appeal entered. So this court has not acquired jurisdiction of the cause, and cannot review the proceedings of the circuit court. The transcript will, therefore, be stricken from the files of this court. It is so ordered.