Trott v. State

The defendant was charged by information in the district court of Cherokee county with the crime of murder. He was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree; his punishment left to the court, who sentenced him to serve a term of 25 years in the penitentiary. The deceased was Lora D. Cone.

Upon this case being called for trial, the jury panel was exhausted with eleven jurors in the box. It was agreed by the defendant and the state, with the approval of the trial court, that the case should proceed to trial with eleven jurors, and the defendant waived his right in open court to have a full…