Hall v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM OBION. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Obion County. —R. E. Maiden, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beard
There was in this case an indictment and conviction for keeping a house of prostitution, to the common nuisance of the community. A motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment was made. This having been overruled, the defendant appealed, and has assigned errors upon the action of the trial judge.
The practice in this State is well settled that a motion in arrest of judgment made before a motion for a new trial waives the latter motion. This is upon the ground *367that in regular order the latter motion precedes the former, and the making of the motion in arrest, being in the nature of an…
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