Case Name: Lawson v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1880-11
Citations: 71 Ind. 296
Docket Number: No. 8828
Parties: Lawson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 71
Pages: 296–296

Head Matter:
Lawson v. The State.
No. 8828.
Criminal Law. — Practice.—Motion for New Trial. — The motion for a new trial in a criminal case must be made before judgment.
Erom the Boone Circuit Court.
W. B. Walls and S. M. Burke, for appellant.
D. P. Baldwin, Attorney General, W. R. Moore, Prosecuting Attorney, and W. W. Thornton, for the State.

Opinion:
Elliott, J.
The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of the offence of assault and battery, and from the judgment of conviction appeals.
The judgment was entered on the 26th day of April, 1880, and the motion for a new trial filed on the 29th day of the month following.
This was too late; the statute imperatively requires that the motion for a new trial, in criminal cases, shall be made before judgment. 2 R. S. 1876, p. 409, sec. 143; Romaine v. The State, 7 Ind. 63. There is an essential difference between :the provisions of the civil and criminal codes. Hinkle v. Margerum, 50 Ind. 240, on p. 245.
The only error assigned is based upon the ruling denying the motion for a new trial, and, as that motion was not made within the time prescribed, we can not review the ruling refusing the motion.
Judgment affirmed.