State v. Staley

McWhorter, Judge:

Upon an indictment against Virgil Staley in the circuit court of Wayne County for the murder of Lafe Adkins, in the form laid down in section 1, chapter 144, Code, the jury returned a verdict as follows: “We, the jury, agree and find the defendant, Virgil Staley, not guilty of murder in the first or second degree, as charged in the within indictment, but do agree and find the defendant, Virgil Staley, guilty of voluntary manslaughter.” . The prisoner, by his counsel, moved the court to set aside the said verdict, and grant him a new trial, because the verdict is not in good…