Potsdamer v. State

The Chief Justice

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error was indicted in Columbia county for murder in the first degree, and upon trial was convicted by the verdict of the jury of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life “in the State Penitentiary or State Prison.”

A motion for a new trial was made and denied, but the grounds of the motion are not stated in the record.

As to the errors assigned: The first, third and fourth relate to the summoning, qualifications and organization of the grand jury. The rule is that such objections must be taken by motion…