Hudspeth v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1 Ark. 20
HUDSPETH v. THE STATE
Error to the City Court of Little Rock
No. Jan. 1837
A motion was made by the Attorney for the State to dismiss this case, on the ground set forth in the opinion.
HALL and TAYLOR, contra.
RINGO, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the Court: A motion to dismiss this case having been made for the prosecuting Attorney for the State, and argued by counsel, we have examined the papers in the case and fine a writ of error issued to the City Court of the city of Little Rock, to remove into this Court the record and proceedings in a certain indictment in said City Court for keeping a gaming house, wherein the City of Little Rock was plaintiff and Charles M. Hudspeth was defendant, returned with said writ of error, and annexed thereto is a transcript of the record and proceedings on an indictment in said City Court, for keeping a gaming house, prosecuted in the name of the United States of America vs. Charles M. Hudspeth; also a summons to hear errors in the usual form, addressed to the constable of the city of Little Rock, commanding him to summon ALBERT PIKE, Solicitor for said city, to appear to answer a writ of error issued to the City Court of Little Rock in a certain indictment in said court, in behalf of the City of Little Rock against Charles M. Hudspeth.
The parties to the record returned with the writ of error appear to be different from those to the record and proceedings required by the writ of error to be removed to this Court, and there is no record between the parties named in the writ of error returned therewith into this Court. The proceedings are therefore wholly irregular, and no case is thereby brought into this court of which the Court can take cognizance. It is therefore deemed unnecessary at present to declare the effect of a failure to give the defendant in error notice, as required by law, or to whom the same ought to be given, if any. The writ of error must be dismissed.
It is therefore considered by the Court here that the State of Arkansas have and recover of the plaintiff in error all the costs in this suit expended.
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