Hatcher v. State

Ross Hatcher Jr. was indicted, tried, and convicted of the offense of rape, and was sentenced to death by electrocution. He made a motion for new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

The questions raised in the bill of exceptions and in the motion for new trial, on the plea in abatement, the demurrer to the indictment, and the challenge to the array of jurors, are controlled by the principles ruled in Haden v. State, 176 Ga. 304 (168 S. E. 272).

The defendant filed a motion to arrest, vacate, and set aside *455the verdict and sentence of the court. The motion appears in the record as…