Washington v. State

Upon motion made by the State to dismiss the writ of error in this ease, the Court of Appeals ruled as follows: “Where two defendants, after being jointly indicted and jointly tried, make separate motions for a new trial, and the court passes separate written orders overruling the motions, the defendants can not bring their eases to this court in one bill of exceptions. This is true because, while the defendants had the right to unite and to make a joint motion for. a new trial, they waived this right and elected to make separate motions, and, the court having separately passed upon each…