Rolater v. Rolater

Bills of exception,-in civil or criminal

cases, Avere unknown to the common law. They derive their existence from statutory provisions. Ned v. State, 7 Port. 187; Bourne v. State, 8 Port. 458. The appropriate office of a bill of exceptions is to introduce on the record rulings of the court which are not “intrinsic to the cause,” but arise incidentally in its progress; as the admission .or rejection of evidence, instructions to the jury given or refused. The ruling of the court on all questions relating to the sufficiency of pleading is of necessity a part of the record, as the pleading, with…