State v. Hedges

The defendant, Gilbert Hedges, was, by information filed in the superior court for Grays Harbor county, charged with the crime of manslaughter. A demurrer to the information was overruled, whereupon defendant entered a plea of not guilty. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty as charged, whereupon defendant filed a motion in arrest of judgment and an alternative motion for a new trial. After considerable argument, the trial court granted defendant’s motion for arrest of judgment, and entered an order to that effect. Through some oversight, the court made no ruling upon defendant’s motion…