State v. Willingham

Apr 15, 1905
Reporters:
Before:
Teiily
Teiily, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

At the conclusion ‍​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍of the testimony on behalf of the state the court sustained a motion to exclude. Prom that ‍​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍ruling discharging the defendant the state prosecutes this appeal. No question of law is presented by this ‍​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍record, but a decision of the court merely passing upon the sufficiency of the proof to sustain ‍​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍a conviction. In such state of case there is no warrant of law for the taking of ‍​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍an appeal by the state, wherefore this appeal is

Dismissed.