State v. Washington

The defendant was arrested and charged with the crime of murder. He was indicted and tried, and the jury returned an unqualified verdict in the words "Guilty as charged." Two motions for a new trial and a motion in arrest of judgment were filed in their respective order. These motions were regularly heard, submitted, and overruled, a judgment affirming the verdict was entered, and the defendant was sentenced to be hanged. The appeal is from that verdict, judgment, and sentence.

No objection was entered, and no bills of exception were noted or reserved, to any procedure or ruling of the court…