Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 780. Criminal Procedure § 780.201

Sec. 1. That in all cases hereafter taken to the supreme court on writ of error or appeal, where a motion for a new trial has been previously refused by the trial judge, the party appealing the same may incorporate in the bill of exceptions a record of all proceedings had on said motion for a new trial, including the reasons given by the trial judge in refusing to grant said new trial. Exceptions may be taken and error assigned on the decision of the circuit judge in refusing such motion, and the same shall be reviewed by the supreme court.