Morris v. State

The -defendant was indicted for murder (uxorcide), convicted, and given the death penalty.

It appears that he was arrested on the afternoon of October 8, 1913, and was indicted by a special grand jury that night, and arraigned and required to. plead a few minutes after the indictment ivas returned, and was put on trial within less than 18 hours after indictment found. Whatever else may be said of this proceeding, it was certainly speedy. The bill of exceptions contained the following recitals — and nothing more — as to this speedy action: “Be it remembered, that at the fall term, 1913, of the…