State ex rel. Mahoney v. Ronald

Citations

• 117 Wash. 641
• 202 P. 241
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 907

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law (144) — Criminal Law (395) — Appeal— Rights of Accused — Payment op Fees or Costs — Liability op County. One convicted of crime upon a trial in the superior court cannot require the public treasury to defray the cost of his appeal from the judgment under Const., art. 1, § 22, defining the right of appeal and providing that “in no instance shall any accused person before final judgment be compelled to advance money or fees to-secure the rights herein guaranteed,” since the “final judgment” therein referred to means the judgment of the superior court.</p>