State v. Jones

Upon completion of the evidence in the trial of the respondents upon an indictment charging them with lewd and lascivious cohabitation, and the charge of the presiding justice, the following exceptions were taken:

“The respondents object to the whole charge as it is an argument for the State instead of a statement of the law.

“That the charge was prejudicial to the rights of the respondents.”

Exceptions such as these have been characterized as serving only as a dragnet with the apparent hope that something might be brought to.light and made use of as a valid cause of complaint. State v. Reed, 62…