Sweeney v. State

English, 0. J.

John Sweeny was indicted for murder in the circuit court Of Phillips county, at the May term, 1879, and after he had been arraigned and pleaded not guilty, the venue, on his application, was changed to the ■circuit court of Monroe county.

He was tried in the latter court on the eighth of April, 1880, and the jury returned a verdict, which was recorded by the clerk, as follows : “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment.”

He filed a motion for a new trial, which the court overruled, and after he had taken a bill of exceptions, he was sentenced to be hung…