Northern v. State

Appellant is charged with taking the life of Mrs. Fannie McHenry, a woman 70 years of age, and upon his conviction, he was awarded the penalty of death.

Appellant brings forward three complaints upon which he relies for a reversal of the judgment. By his first complaint he challenges the sufficiency of the indictment which, omitting the formal parts, reads in substance as follows:

“* * * That BUSTER NORTHERN on the 27th day of March, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and 46 with force and arms, in the County and State aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully, voluntarily, and…