State v. Seal

The grand jury returned an indictment against defendant for murder. At the beginning of the trial the state abandoned the charge of murder and announced that it would prosecute for the included charge of manslaughter. On the trial, defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and thereafter he was duly sentenced to the penitentiary and fined.

The first bill of exception relates to the drawing of detalibus jurors from the de-talibus jury box, when there were only 80, instead of 100 names in it, the remaining 20 ■ having been withdrawn on a prior trial at the same term of court. The bill has been…