Jenks v. State

Jun 15, 1862
Reporters:
Before:
Dixon

By the Court,

Dixon, C. J.

Upon examining the roll in this case, we find that there ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍has been no final judgment. The defendant (plaintiff in error) pleaded in abatement to the indictment, that it was not found and returned by a grand jury summoned ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍and organized according to law. To this plea there was a demurrer by the district attorney, and a rejoinder by the defendant. The plea was determined to be insufficient, ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍and judgment of respondeat ouster was entered. The defendant then pleaded not guilty, and pending that issue sued out this writ of error. The cause was continued to a subsequent ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍term and the papers returned to this court. The judgment upon which error is brought, must be final and not merely interlocutory. 1 Arch. Prac., 825; 2 Burrill ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‍id., 132. Judgment of respondeat ouster is interlocutory. 3 Black. Com., 396.

The writ of error is dismissed.