State v. Anderson

Citations

• 20 Wash. 193
• 55 P. 39
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 496

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW—RECORD ON APPEAL—INSTRUCTIONS-TRIAL ON INFORMATION-EXAMINATION OE WITNESSES—DEMONSTRATIONS BY SPECTATORS.</p> <p>Affidavits submitted to the trial court in support of a motion for a new trial will not be considered on appeal, when not incorporated in a bill of exceptions or statement of facts.</p> <p>The objection that there is nothing on the face of the record! justifying a prosecution by information, rather than by indictment, should be raised before entering plea of not guilty.</p> <p>Matters brought out on cross-examination of witnesses may properly be gone into on their redirect examination.</p> <p>The fact that demonstrations of approval at the close of the argument for the prosecution were made by persons present cannot be treated as prejudicial error, when there is no showing as to what the demonstrations were nor that the court had been requested to take any action thereon.</p> <p>Error in the giving and refusing of instructions must be excepted to, in order to secure a review on appeal.</p>