547.270. No assignment of error, or joinder in error, shallbe necessary upon any appeal or writ of error, in a criminalcase, issued or taken pursuant to the foregoing provisions ofthis chapter, but the court shall proceed upon the return thereofwithout delay, and render judgment upon the record before them.
(RSMo 1939 § 4150)Prior revisions: 1929 § 3760; 1919 § 4106; 1909 § 5312
(1964) Since defendant did not file a motion for new trial alleged errors presented in defendant's brief relative to improper cross examination of defense witness and admission of certain evidence were not preserved for review. State v. Kennebrew (Mo.), 380 S.W.2d 293.