Scopes v. State

Mr. Chiep Justice Green

delivered the opinion of the Oonrt.

The plaintiff in error has been convicted of a violation of chapter 27 of the Public Acts of 1925, known as the Anti-Evolution Act, and has appealed in error to this court. A motion has been made by the State to strike from the record the bill of exceptions on the ground that it was not seasonably filed.

Plaintiff in error was tried at a special term of the circuit court of Rhea county beginning on July 10, 1925. The minutes of the court, of date July 21,1925, show that a motion for a new trial was made and overruled on that day, and…