Procedure on appeal from city court to Court of First Instance.
Section 82
SEC. 82. Procedure on appeal from city court to Court of First Instance.—An appeal shall lie in the Court of First Instance in all cases appealable thereto as provided by law. The party desiring to appeal shall, before six o'clock post meridian of the fifteenth day after the rendition and entry of the judgment by the city court, file with the clerk of court a written statement that he appeals to the Court of First Instance. The filing of such statement shall perfect the appeal. The city judge of the court from whose decision appeal is taken shall, within five days after the appeal is filed, transmit to the clerk of Court of First Instance a certified copy of the record of proceedings and all the original papers and on the case. A perfected appeal shall operate to vacate the judgment of the city court and the action, when duly entered in the Court of First Instance, shall stand for trial de novo upon its merits as though the same has never been tried. Pending an appeal, the defendant shall remain in custody unless released in the discretion of the city court or the judge of the Court of First Instance upon sufficient bail in accordance with the procedure in force to await the judgment of the appellate court. Appeals in criminal cases falling under the concurrent jurisdiction of the city court with the Court of First Instance wherein the city courts act with like jurisdiction with the Court of First Instance and the proceedings are recorded shall be direct to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, as the case may be, in like manner and under the same procedure provided for by law in appeals from the decisions of the Court of First Instance. Appeals in civil cases shall be governed by the ordinary procedure established by law.