Case Name: STATE v. RENFRO
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1915-01-25
Citations: 136 La. 588
Docket Number: No. 21008
Parties: STATE v. RENFRO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 136
Pages: 587–589

Head Matter:
(67 South. 376)
No. 21008.
STATE v. RENFRO.
(Jan. 25, 1915.)
(Syllabus by the Court.)
Bail <®=>94^-Foef3situkb — Appeal.
Appeals in criminal cases must be taken, by motion, verbally or in writing, in open court, within three days after sentence shall have been pronounced; otherwise, they will be dismissed. The rule applies to appeals from judgments forfeiting appearance bonds, which are criminal proceedings.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. §§ 418 — 423; Dec. Dig. <@^94J
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; J. R. Land, Judge.
E. A. Renfro, being charged with selling intoxicating liquors without a license, gave an appearance bond, and from a judgment thereon he appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
Lewell C. Butler, of Shreveport, for appellant. R. G. Pleasant, Atty. Gen. (W. A. Mabry, Dist. Atty., of Shreveport, and G. A. Gondran, of New Orleans, of counsel), for the State.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
MONROE, C. J.
This purports to be an appeal from a judgment condemning defendant and his surety for the amount of an appearance bond, given in a prosecution for selling intoxicating liquor without previously obtaining a license. The state moves to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that it was not applied for within three days from the date of the judgment. The judgment was rendered on October 10, and signed on October 12, and the motion for appeal was filed October 30, 1914.
The proceeding to forfeit an appearance bond is criminal in character. State v. Sam Burns, 38 La. Ann. 363; State v. Toups, 44 La. Ann. 896, 11 South. 524; State v. Alexander, 46 La. Ann. 550, 15 South. 361. Ap peals in criminal cases must be taken by motion, verbally or in writing, in open court, within three days after sentence shall have been pronounced. Act No. 108 of 1898, § 1; State v. Segreto, 124 La. 99, 49 South. 992; State v. Lawrence, 124 La. 379, 50 South. 406; State v. Rollins, 125 La. 297, 51 South. 204. The appeal is dismissed.
Reported in full in the Southern Reporter; reported as a memorandum decision without opinion in 46 La. Ann. 550.