Crout v. State

Digges, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. The appellant was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City upon an indictment charging the violation of sections 26 to 31 inclusive of article 56 of the Code. These provisions require hawkers and peddlers to procure a license ³⁸⁸ before engaging in that business, and to pay therefor the sum therein specified. The penalty for a violation of the statute is a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.

The indictment appears to charge the offence in the words of the statute. The traverser entered the plea of not guilty and submitted the case to the court sitting as a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts signed by the attorneys for the State and traverser. On the verdict of guilty, a fine of twenty-five dollars and costs was imposed by the court. It is from that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

The record does not present the question sought to be raised in the manner required by the law governing appeals to this court, and we are therefore precluded from considering it. There is no bill of exception contained in the record; neither is it authenticated in any manner by the trial judge. The docket entries show no demurrer, or motion to quash the indictment. Under such circumstances the appeal must be dismissed, because there is no ruling of the trial court excepted to and certified in such manner as to make it reviewable in this court.

By section 86 of article 5 of the Code, when an appeal is taken in a criminal case the proceedings are