The clerk of the justice court or municipal court from which judgment convicting of a criminal offense an appeal shall be taken shall at once transmit to the clerk of the circuit court the bond taken and a certified copy of the record of the case, with all the original papers in the case, as in appeals in civil cases. If an appeal be taken from a judgment convicting of a criminal offense, during a session of the circuit court of the county, the transcript and papers shall be returned to, and the case triable at that term of the court, and the bond shall bind the defendant accordingly, and the clerk of the circuit court shall docket the case on the state docket, and shall be entitled to like fees as in other cases. The judge setting the bond shall be liable for the amount of the bond, if he fails to require a good and sufficient one. The clerk of the justice court or municipal court shall make up the transcript of the record and transmit the same to the circuit clerk within ten (10) days after the appeal bond is given.Codes, 1880, § 2357; 1892, § 88; 1906, § 89; Hemingway's 1917, § 71; 1930, § 71; 1942, § 1205; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 57; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 28, eff. ten (10) days after the appeal bond is given.Codes, 1880, § 2357; 1892, § 88; 1906, § 89; Hemingway's 1917, § 71; 1930, § 71; 1942, § 1205; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 57; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 28, eff. 1/1/1984, or, with respect to a given county, from and after such earlier date as the county appoints a justice court clerk pursuant to § 9-11-27(3).
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