State v. Matthews

The record on appeal is voluminous and contains a multitude of exceptions. These required and have received careful consideration but space forbids elaboration here.

The phases of the trial most stressed in the appellants’ brief and oral argument, and in which they find the more serious challenge to its validity, will be' discussed.

1. The theory that defendants were entitled to a discharge as upon acquittal as grounded in the motions in arrest of judgment and similar motions affecting the verdict, has neither technical nor substantial merit. The theory is that there was only one charge against…