Case Name: The State v. Nicholson, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1893-06-13
Citations: 116 Mo. 522
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Nicholson, Appellant.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 116
Pages: 522–523

Head Matter:
The State v. Nicholson, Appellant.
Division Two,
June 13, 1893.
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court: misdemeanor: appeal: The supreme court has no jurisdiction of an appeal from a judgment of conviction of a misdemeanor, and whei'e, in such case, the appeal is ’ improperly taken to such court it will he transferred to the court of appeals having jurisdiction.
Appeal from Shannon Circuit Court. — Hon. W. N. Evans, Judge.
Transferred to St. Louis Court of Appeals.
JR. F. Walker, Attorney General, for the state.

Opinion:
Sherwood, J.
Under the provisions of section 3621, Revised Statutes, 1889, one "who shall willfully and maliciously or cruelly maim," etc., "any horse," etc., shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Indicted and convicted under this section, the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for six months. Inasmuch as the offense charged is simply a misdemeanor, this court has no jurisdiction, and consequently this cause is transferred to the St. Louis'court of appeals.
All concur.