Ledlow v. State

The defendant was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment fixed for the term of his natural life.

The verdict of the jury in the following form, “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of first degree murder and fix the penalty for life in the penitentiary,” was a compliance with the statute, and was sufficient to support the judgment of the court rendered and entered thereon. Section 4457, Code; Durrett v. State, 133 Ala. 119, 32 So. 234; McDonald v. State, 118 Ala. 672, 23 So. 637; Robinson v. State, 54 Ala. 86; Noles v. State, 24 Ala. 672; Bankhead v. State,…