Grayham v. State

The indictment charged the defendant with robbery, was in Code form, and Was sufficient to charge the offense. The verdict returned by the jury was:

“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and fix his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years.” •

We fail to see how a verdict could be any more explicit or definite. The verdict responded to the indictment, and the punishment was definitely fixed as provided by section 5460 of the Code of 1923.

There is no exception reserved to the action of the court in overruling the motion for rehearing. The…