Harden v. State

The indictment is' in the Code form for murder.

The verdict was as follows:

“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged and fix his punishment at life imprisonment in the penitentiary of the state of Alabama.”

The defendant was thereupon adjudged “guilty as charged in the indictment,” and sentenced to “be imprisoned in the penitentiary of the state of Alabama for the term of his natural life.”

“When the jury find the defendant guilty under an indictment for murder, they must ascertain, by their verdict, whether it is murder in the first or second degree.” Code 1907, § 7087.

By a uniform…