Olds v. State

Plaintiff in error was indicted for murder and convicted of the crime charged with a recommendation of mercy.

The first error assigned on the writ of error to the judgment of the court is that the motion of defendant below to quash the indictment was improperly overruled. The only evidence in the transcript that such a motion was made is contained in a recital in the bill of exceptions to the effect that the motion was made on enumerated grounds questioning the sufficiency of the indictment. The rule of practice in this court is that a motion to quash an indictment, or in arrest of judgment,…