State v. Ryea

The information charges that the respondent on the first day of May, 1921, and thereafter until the 31st day of January, 1923, was and is a lewd, wanton and lascivious person in speech and behavior, contrary to the form of the statute, etc. There was a trial by jury on a plea of not guilty, resulting in a conviction. After verdict and before judgment the respondent filed a written motion to set the verdict aside and arrest judgment thereon. The court overruled the motion, rendered judgment on the verdict, and passed sentence, to which ruling the respondent excepted. The motion is treated as…