State v. Ferguson

The jury found the defendant guilty of violating the age of consent statute. The trial court overruled the motion for a new trial, but arrested the judgment upon the ground that the testimony of the female in question was not corroborated. The trial court set out in the judgment that he adopted this procedure in order to avoid the time and expense of another trial, and at the same time afford the State the opportunity of having this court review the case upon its merits. While the motive of the trial court is a laudable one, it violates well established rules of pleading and practice and…