State v. Belisle

OPINION OP THE COURT.

BOBEBTS, C. J.

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Colfax county for the murder of William C. Payne. The indictment was in the usual form of a first degree indictment, but did not designate the instrument employed in the killing, charging, however, that the homicide had been perpetrated “with a certain 'deadly weapon, the exact size, kind, and description of which is to these grand jurors unknown.” Appellant was brought to trial upon this indictment, and the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. From the judgment pronounced upon the…