State v. McKettrick

Apr 15, 1880
Reporters:

Upon the- call of this case upon the docket ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‍of the Supreme Court, it appeared that the appellant had been convicted of an assault and battery ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‍in the Court of General Sessions for Abbe-ville county, at September Term, 1879; but the presiding judge ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‍refused to sentence him, as an appeal was to be taken.

This court declined to hear the ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‍appeal, as there was no final’ judgment from which alone an appeal would lie; the sentence of ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‍the court being, in such cases, the final judgment.