Case Name: State of Missouri, Plaintiff in Error, v. Charles C. Smith, Defendant in Error
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1868-10
Citations: 42 Mo. 550
Docket Number: 
Parties: State of Missouri, Plaintiff in Error, v. Charles C. Smith, Defendant in Error.
Judges: The other judges concur.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 42
Pages: 550–551

Head Matter:
State of Missouri, Plaintiff in Error, v. Charles C. Smith, Defendant in Error.
1. Practice, Criminal — Indictment—Appeal, without Pinal Judgment.— "Where the record simply shows that the court below quashed an indictment, but no final judgment was rendered, nor was the defendant discharged, no appeal will lie from the action of the court.
Error to Second District Court.
L. Brown, for plaintiff in error.
Foster 4’ Hatcher, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Wagner, Judge,
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
Defendant was indicted, in the Circuit Court of New Madrid county, for willfully, maliciously, and cruelly killing a máre, and he appeared in court and moved to quash the indictment, which motion was sustained. The circuit attorney excepted to the ruling of the court, and prosecuted an appeal to the Second District Court, where the appeal was dismissed, and the case is now brought here by writ of error.
The record simply shows that the court quashed the indictment, but no final judgment was rendered, nor was the defendant discharged. Till final judgment no appeal will lie. (State v. Gregory, 38 Mo. 501.).
The judgment of the District Court dismissing the appeal was right, and must be affirmed.
The other judges concur.