State v. Rowe
| Decision Date | 31 October 1855 |
| Citation | 22 Mo. 328 |
| Parties | THE STATE, Appellant, v. ROWE, Respondent. |
| Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
1. An appeal on the part of the State can not be taken in a criminal case, where judgment has been given for the defendant on a demurrer to a plea to the indictment. This is not a case within the 10th section of article 8 of act to regulate proceedings in criminal cases. (R. C. 1845, p. 889.)
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court.
H. A. Clover and T. Vanswearingen, for the State.
The defendant was indicted, as we are informed, by the record, (though no indictment is set forth,) in the Circuit Court of Montgomery, for taking unlawful toll. The defendant appeared and filed his special plea. The State demurred to this plea, and the court overruled the demurrer, and rendered judgment thereon for the defendant, discharging him from said indictment, at the costs of the State. The State thereupon appealed to this court.
The only question before this court is, will an appeal be sustained on the part of the State in a case like this? The statute concerning practice and proceedings in criminal cases must determine this question. Sections 9 and 10 of the 8th article of this act, are as follows: Now this case is not within either of the classes mentioned in this 10th section. There is no indictment quashed, nor is there any arrest of judgment, nor has this indictment been held insufficient on demurrer. Then, by the express words of the 9th section, an appeal will not be allowed.
Appeals on the part of the State have frequently been dismissed by this court. (State v. Heatherly, 4 Mo. 478; State v. Spear, 6 Mo. 644; State v. Shoemaker, 7 Mo. 286.) This appeal must therefore be dismissed; it is taken in a case not provided for by the statute.
It is accordingly dismissed, the other judges concurring.
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