MOISE, Justice.
The defendant was convicted and sentenced by the court to four years in the State Penitentiary for the theft of a cow. Article 67.1, Louisiana Criminal Code, LSA-R.S. 14:67.1.
When the appeal was called for hearing before this Court, none of the Bills of Exception were argued orally, nor has a brief been filed by the defendant.
The rule of law is that, under circumstances such as these, the presumption is that the appeal has been abandoned...
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