Harrell v. State

The defendant, G. C. Harrell, was indicted for hog stealing in Grady County. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he excepted.

1. Both special ground 1 and special ground 4 complain that the court failed to instruct the jury as to the form of its verdict in the event it should find the defendant not guilty. The court charged the jury, in part, as follows: “To the indictment filed against him, the defendant has entered his plea of not guilty, and the allegations of the indictment on the one hand and the plea of not guilty of the defendant on the…