Calvert v. State

— The present code of criminal procedure provides that a motion for a new trial may be filed after judgment and during the term at which it was rendered, and radically changes the rule of the former code and makes the decisions rendered under it inapplicable. R. S. 1881, section 1842.

A trial is regarded as an entirety and a bill of exceptions filed in a criminal case during the term at which the cause is tried, or within such time thereafter as the court may direct, not exceeding sixty days, is regarded as properly filed and as constituting a part of the record. It is, of course, essential…