Case Name: THE STATE v. CLARENCE HEFLIN, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1905-11-21
Citations: 191 Mo. 178
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE STATE v. CLARENCE HEFLIN, Appellant.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 178–179

Head Matter:
THE STATE v. CLARENCE HEFLIN, Appellant.
Division Two,
November 21, 1905.
NO BILL OF EXCEPTIONS. Where defendant flies no hill of exceptions, the appeal must be determined by the record proper, and if that is free from error, the judgment will he affirmed.
Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — Ho». B. J. Casteel, Judge.
Affirmed.
Herbert S. Hadley, Attorney-General, and N. T. Gentry, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
GANTT, J.
At the March term, 1904, of the criminal court of Buchanan county, the defendant, Clarence D. Heflin, was indicted for rape, and afterwards, at the June adjourned term of said court for the year 1904, the defendant was put upon his trial and convicted, and Ms sentence assessed at fifty years in the pemtentiary.
His motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were filed, heard and overruled, and thereupon he was sentenced to the penitentiary for fifty years. He was granted an appeal to this court and leave given to file a bill of exceptions at the next term of the court.
He filed no exceptions and the appeal before us must he determined by the record proper. The indictment is sufficient and the arraignment and impaneling of the jury, the verdict and sentence being in due and regular form, we find no error in the record, and the judgment is accordingly affirmed.
All concur.