State v. Hill

Hatcher, Judge:

This writ of error involves the reception and construction of a verdict and the amendment of a court order. The record contains only the indictment, instructions and court orders. The indictment charged defendants with “feloniously, unlawfully and maliciously” wounding Watson Phillips in pursuance of a conspiracy to inflict bodily injury on him. An instruction (seemingly given for defendants) informed the jury that if no conspiracy was found, then, under the indictment, the jury could find one of the following verdicts, “as the evidence in the case may justify: first, malicious…