Jennings v. State

Almand, Justice.

Upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Mary Ransome, the plaintiff in error, Joe Milton Jennings, was found guilty without a recommendation, and sentenced to death by electrocution. His motion for a new trial on the general and special grounds was overruled, and he assigns error on the order denying this motion.

The first two special grounds of the motion assign error on the following instructions: “Now, as to one of the forms of the verdict I have given you, if you should find the defendant guilty, the form of your verdict would be — We, the jury, find the…