Denmark v. State

1. Under repeated rulings of the Supreme Court and of this court the striking of a plea of former jeopardy, filed .by the accused in a criminal case, is not a final judgment within the meaning of section 6138 of the Civil Code of 1910, and a direct bill of exceptions assigning error upon the judgment striking the plea is prematurely brought and must be dismissed. Vaughn v. State, 38 Ga. App. 438 (144 S. E. 223), and cit. See also English v. Rosenkrantz, 150 Ga. 745 (105 S. E. 292), and cit.

2. “When in a given case it should have been obvious that the writ of error was premature, this court…