State v. Meyer

The opinion,of the court was delivered by

Disosr, J.

The defendant was convicted before the Union •County .Quarter Sessions of a high misdemeanor, and on error her conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court for the .admission at the trial of testimony deemed illegal. Thereupon the state sued out a writ of error from this court to reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court, and now the -defendant moves to dismiss the writ on the ground that the state is not entitled to a writ of error in a criminal case.

On this contention the primary question is, how stood the matter at the common law?

The right…