State v. Latimer

This case is on appeal by the State from the Criminal Court of Obion County from a judgment sustaining the defendants ’ motion to quash an indictment charging them with the violation of the election laws. The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal upon the following grounds: (1) “Because there is no law in Tennessee authorizing or permitting the State to appeal in this case.” (2) “Because the record does not show that an ■appeal in the nature of a writ of error was granted by the lower court,” (3) “The appeal, if any, was abandoned by the plaintiff in error by reason of its…