Moulton v. State

delivered" the opinion of the Court.

In this case the attorney-general moved for an affirmance because the hill of exceptions was not signed and filed within the time allowed in the order overruling the motion for a new trial.

Counsel for the plaintiff in error files an affidavit setting out that the hill of exceptions was prepared by him well within the time allowed and, under a rule of the trial court, was presented to the district attorney-general for approval. That the district attorney-general approved the hill of exceptions as gotten up and undertook to present the hill of exceptions to…