State v. McNeal

The accused was tried and convicted of the crime denounced by Act 192 of 1912, and from a sentence of one year in the penitentiary this appeal is prosecuted.

The record contains eight bills of exception, duly reserved during the progress of the trial and proceedings had in' the court below.

One of the bills presents such a patent and .manifest error, requiring the setting aside of the verdict and sentence, that it will not be necessary for us to consider the other bills.

The indictment charges the crime to have been committed by the accused on October 15, 1923. It was returned into open court by…