Cox v. State

Billie Hall Cox was indicted for assault with intent to commit murder, and convicted of assault and battery, in the Superior Court of Emanuel County. Her motion for a new trial, based on the general and nine special grounds, was overruled and she excepted.

In special ground 7, the error assigned is that the verdict is void for uncertainty. As recited in the bill of exceptions, “the verdict in full after having been written one time and erased [was] exactly as follows: ‘We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of assault and battery, or to battery,’ one or the two of those words being seemingly…