Pippin v. State

When a judgment has been rendered, either party may move in arrest thereof or to set it aside for any defect, not amendable, which appears on the face of the record or pleadings. Civil Code, § 5957. A motion in arrest of judgment differs from a motion for a new trial in this: The former must be predicated on some defect which appears on the face of the record or pleadings, while the latter must be predicated on some extrinsic matter not so appearing. § 5958. In Terrell v. State, 9 Ga. 58, it was held: “It appearing from the statement on the face of the *227indictment that the grand jury was…