Bishop v. State

Indictment, in two counts, for an assault and battery with intent to murder. Plea of not guilty. Trial by jury, and verdict in these words: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty, as charged in the indictment, and that he be fined in the sum of one dollar, and imprisoned in the state prison for a period of ten years, and be disfranchised, and be rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for a term of ten years.”

The judgment followed this verdict, in form and words. There was no objection taken in the court below of any kind, except by a motion in arrest of the judgment;…