O'Quinn v. State

The appellant was convicted of murder and 'sentenced to the penitentiary for life, from which judgment she appeals.

The killing occurred on October 24, 1922, about five p. in.; the indictment was returned at three-thirty p. m. on the following day, whereupon appellant was arraigned and her trial set for nine a. m. the next day, October 26th. Motion for a continuance or postponement to a later day of the term was overruled by the court. Appellant then demanded a special venire and made a motion for a copy of the indictment and a list of the special venire summoned in the case.

The copy of the…