Mott v. State

The appellant was- indicted in the circuit court of Poinsett county, for arson; the venue was changed, on his application, to the circuit court of Cross county, where he was tried on the plea of not guilty, and the jury found him guilty; he moved in arrest of judgment, which was overruled, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary. After sentence, he. offered to file a motion for a new trial, which the court refused him permission to do, and lie excepted, and obtained an appeal.

The cause assigned for the arrest of judgment is, that the facts charged 'in the indictment do not constitute a…