Gribble v. State

On tbe 2-7'th day of February, 1934, the grand jury of Cleburne County returned into open court an indictment charging Leonard G-ribble, the appellant, with murder in the first degree. It was alleged that on the first day of December, 1932, the appellant shot and killed Aubrey Never. The indictment was in the usual form and not questioned, as to its sufficiency, in any particular. The cause came on for trial, and on March 1, 1934, the jury returned into court the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty and fix his punishment at 5 years in the Arkansas Penitentiary.” The…