Mr. DAVIS. The regulation of the State of Kentucky is nearly similar to that of Illinois, as explained by the Senfrom Illinois; but the matter of appeal is simplified in the State of Kentucky by the provision of our law. An appeal cannot be taken there unless with the permission of one of the judges of the court of appeals, and I suppose that would be the effect of these 2 provisions taken together. The right of appeal, seems to be granted in one section, and in another section it seems to be provided that the appeal can only be had upon the condition that a judge enters upon a copy of the record that there shall be an appeali It seems to me that if the bill were referred back to the ComJudiciary who I suppose are properly the committee to take charge of this subject, and if they were to simplify the proceeding either by granting a general right of appeal without regard to the order of an appellate judge, or only allowing an appeal on the condition that that record shall 1st be examined by an appellate judge, and the appellate judge enter on the record that the appeal should be granted, it would be best. I have not read the bill with sufficient care fulness to know whether an a cal is given to the U.S or not. V ere there is a judgment in favor of the accused in the State of hentucky, an a peal is given to the State; but the effect of that appeal is not to reverse the judgment of the court below, but simply to decide what the legal principle involved in the appeal is. The acquittal of the accused remains irreversible, is not the subject of revision, but the principles of law settled in the case are fixed. I should suppose the bill ought to be as simple and pore icuousin its meaning as practicab e. I think oth of these matters ought to be provided for in the same section: 1st, whether the accused shall be entitled to the right of appeal and 2nd, whether that appes shall be had only upon the condition of fl.iudgcof M court of appeals certifying upon Y the record that it is a case in which an appeal ought to be allowed.