Robinson v. State

When the case was called for trial, and before pleading to the merits, the defendant filed a plea of former jeopardy. The solicitor-general traversed the plea, and a trial was had on that issue alone. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the State on that issue. The defendant'filed a motion for new trial on the general grounds, and this motion was overruled. The record nowhere discloses a final judgment disposing of the case. The defendant brought the case to this court by direct bill of exceptions assigning error on the overruling of the motion for new trial, and seeks to have this court…