Collins v. State

Decision Date30 June 1906
Citation41 So. 672,148 Ala. 667
PartiesCOLLINS v. STATE.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Appeal from Circuit Court, Marengo County; John T. Lackland, Judge.

"Not officially reported."

Joe Collins was convicted of an offense, and appeals. Appeal dismissed.

Defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the offense of selling spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors. The judgment entry is in the following language: "This day came Oscar L. Gray, Esq., solicitor for the First judicial circuit of Alabama; and also comes the defendant in his own proper person and by attorney, and, being arraigned and charged upon the bill of indictment, for his plea thereto says he is not guilty as charged. * * * Thereupon came a jury of 12 good and lawful men, to wit, J. E. Griffith and 11 others, who were duly sworn according to law, upon their oaths do say: We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the fifth count of the indictment and assess a fine of $50. Again comes the defendant, with A. D. Wilburn and George Pegram, and confesses judgment in open court for the fine of $50 and the cost of prosecution. It is therefore considered, ordered, and adjudged that the state of Alabama, for the use of Marengo county, have and recover of the defendant," etc.

C. K. Abrahams and Charles G. Brown, for appellant.

Massey Wilson, Atty. Gen., for the State.

DENSON, J.

The only judgment in this case is one by confession for the fine and costs. It has been many times held by this court that such a judgment will not support an appeal. Therefore the appeal must be dismissed, and such will be the order. Ayers' Case, 71 Ala. 11; Joyner's Case, 78 Ala. 448; Nichols' Case, 100 Ala. 23, 14 So. 539; Campbell's Case, 123 Ala. 72, 26 So. 224; Bridges' Case, 124 Ala. 90, 27 So. 474; Mayer's Case, 40 So. 658; Code 1896, section 4313.

The appeal is dismissed.

WEAKLEY, C.J., and HARALSON and DOWDELL, JJ., concur.

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  • Elliott v. State, 7 Div. 765
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • 19 September 1968
    ...v. State, 124 Ala. 90, 27 So. 474; Marks v. State, 131 Ala. 44, 31 So. 18; Mayers v. State, 147 Ala. 687, 40 So. 658; Collins v. State, 148 Ala. 667, 41 So. 672. Continuing in the same paragraph in Palmer v. State, supra, the court further observed: 'When, however, there is a sentence by th......
  • Palmer v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • 6 July 1910
    ... ... State, 71 ... Ala. 11; Joyner v. State, 78 Ala. 448; Nichols ... v. State, 100 Ala. 23, 14 So. 539; Wright v ... State, 103 Ala. 96, 15 So. 506; Bridges v ... State, 124 Ala. 90, 27 So. 474; Marks v. State, ... 131 Ala. 44, 31 So. 18; Mayers v. State, 147 Ala ... 687, 40 So. 658; Collins v. State, 148 Ala. 667, 41 ... So. 672. When, however, there is a sentence by the trial ... court in compliance with the verdict of guilty, as disclosed ... by the judgment entry, there is implied a judgment of guilt, ... and the judgment of conviction is shown to be sufficient ... Talbert v ... ...
  • Gardner v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Appeals
    • 26 July 1923
    ... ... An appeal in ... criminal cases does not lie to the Supreme Court or the Court ... of Appeals until sentence is pronounced or confession of ... judgment taken. Acts 1919, p. 84, § 7; Hardeman v ... State, 202 Ala. 694, 81 So. 656; Yates v ... State, 18 Ala. App. 435, 93 So. 62; Collins v ... State, 148 Ala. 667, 41 So. 672; Ayers v ... State, 71 Ala. 11 ... The ... appeal in the instant case, having been taken before sentence ... was pronounced on the defendant, was prematurely taken, and ... must be ... ...
  • Yates v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Appeals
    • 11 April 1922
    ... ... Section 6244 ... of the Code of 1907 provides that any person convicted of a ... criminal offense may appeal from the judgment of conviction ... The ... Supreme Court, in construing this ... [93 So. 63.] ... section of the Code last referred to in Collins v ... State, 148 Ala. 667, 41 So. 672, [1] said: ... "The only judgment in this case is one by confession for ... the fine and costs. It has been many times held by this court ... that such a judgment will not support an appeal. Therefore ... the appeal must be dismissed, and such will be the ... ...

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