Veatch v. State

This was a prosecution against the appellant, for murder.

He was once before tried upon the indictment, and convicted of manslaughter, and the judgment was reversed in this court. Veatch v. The State, 56 Ind. 584.

*292When the cause went back from this court, the appellant was again tried upon the indictment, and the following verdict was returned, viz.:

“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of manslaughter, as charged in the indictment, and that he be fined in the sum of one dollar, and be imprisoned in the State’s prison for a period of fifteen years.”

The appellant filed motions for a venire de…