Case Name: EDWARD FONDREN, Appellant, v. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, Respondent
Court: Arizona Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Decision Date: 1912-06-14
Citations: 14 Ariz. 49
Docket Number: Criminal No. 289
Parties: EDWARD FONDREN, Appellant, v. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Arizona Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 49–50

Head Matter:
[Criminal No. 289.
Filed June 14, 1912.]
[124 Pac. 654.]
EDWARD FONDREN, Appellant, v. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, Respondent.
Criminal Law—-Appeal—Appearance.—On appeal by one convicted of manslaughter, the court must inquire into the ease and decide it on the merits, as though it had been argued, though the appellant makes no appearance.
APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District, in and for the County of Pinal. Edward Kent, Judge.
Affirmed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
No appearance for Appellant.
Mr. G. P. Bullard, attorney general, for Respondent.

Opinion:
ROSS, J.
The appellant in this case appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of manslaughter.
The appellant has made no appearance in this court; hut, notwithstanding that fact, under the law we are required to "examine into the case and decide the same" on its merits, in the same manner as though the case had been argued.
A careful examination of the record fails to disclose that any error was committed in the trial of the defendant in the lower court. He was tried by a jury under a good indictment, and the court's instructions to the jury were full, complete, and in accordance with the facts in the ease.
The judgment of the lower court is affirmed.
CUNNINGHAM, J., and DUFFY, J., concur.
FRANKLIN, C. J., being disqualified and announcing his disqualification in open court, the' remaining judges, under section 3 of article 6 of the constitution, called in Hon. F. J. DUFFY, Judge of the superior court of the state of Arizona, in and for Santa Cruz county, to sit with them in the hearing of this cause.
NOTE.—As to validity and construction of statutes requiring appellate courts to weigh evidence, see note in 3 Ann. Cas. 685.