Pope v. State

D. F. Pope was charged in the first count of an indictment with forging a will, and in the second count with uttering and publishing as true the forged will; and was convicted on the second count only. The bill of exceptions assigns error upon the sustaining of a demurrer to the defendant’s plea in abatement and dismissing said plea, as shown by exceptions pendente lite; and upon the overruling of the defendant’s demurrer to the indictment, as shown by exceptions pendente lite; and upon the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

1. The plea in abatement alleges in substance that the…