Opinion

State v. Humfeld

  • 253 Mo. 340
  • 161 S.W. 735
  • 1913 Mo. LEXIS 260
Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Filed
Dec 9, 1913
Status
Published
Author
Walker
On the bench
Brown, Paris, Walker
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 68.5%

The opinion

WALKER, J.

Appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor, in the circuit court of Franklin county, on an information charging him with a violation of section 8315, Revised Statutes 1909, regulating the practice of medicine and surgery.

Motion to Quash: No Exception,

The ease is brought here on appeal on the ground that a constitutional question is involved; the manner in which this question was raised was by a m0^011 1° quash the information, and no effort was made thereafter to preserve the question in the record.

It has been held in a number of cases that a motion-to quash an indictment or information is no part of the record proper, and the error of the court in overruling *341 same must be preserved .in the bill of exceptions. [State v. Coleman, 199 Mo. 112 ; State v. Finley, 193 Mo. 232 ; State v. Tooker, 188 Mo. 438 .]

A’ later case directly in point holds that where the record on appeal from a conviction for a misdemeanor, shows that no constitutional question was raised save by a motion to quash the indictment, and defendant in his motion for a new trial does not call the attention of the trial court to the alleged error in overruling the motion to quash, no constitutional question is presented, and the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction on appeal. [State v. Finley, 234 Mo. 603 .]

In view of the foregoing authorities and the facts in this case, it is evident that there is no constitutional question before the court on this appeal, and the case should, therefore, be transferred to the St. Louis Court of Appeals for determination. It is so ordered.

Brown, P. J., and Paris, J., concur.

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