State v. Uptgraft

Oct 12, 1899
No. 18,988
Reporters:
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Before:
Jordan
Jordan, C. J.

Appellees were charged by indictment with having committed the crime of perjury. ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‍Upon their motion, the court quashed the indictment over the exceptions of the State, and granted the latter sixty days in which to file a bill ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‍of exceptions.

No final judgment whatever appears to have been rendered and entered in the case, and the State seems to have appealed from the ruling of the ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‍court in sustaining the motion to quash the indictment.

The rule is well .affirmed that an appeal to this court, in a criminal cause, whether prosecuted by the ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‍State or defendant, must be taken from a final judgment; otherwise, this court has no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. Erganbright v. State, 148 Ind. 180, and cases there cited. ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‍No final judgment having been rendered in this cause, the appeal is therefore dismissed.