State v. Devall

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanohard, J.

This was an indictment for murder, followed by &• conviction for manslaughter and a sentence of twenty years at hard-labor.

Defendant appeals.

The grounds for reversal, set forth in a bill of exceptions taken." • to the ruling of the trial judge denying a motion for a new trial, are:

1. That Y. M. Moran, who acted as deputy sheriff in summoning • the tales jurors, was not a sworn deputy sheriff of the court.

2. That the said Moran and A. A. Miller, who had charge of the - *498jury after the case was submitted to them, were not sworn officers of…