State v. Halida

SnydeR, Judge:

J. F. Halida was indicted in the circuit court of Calnoun county, on October 17, 1885; he was tried by jury, found guilty, and on February 22, 1886, sentenced by the court to confinement in the penitentiary for two years. There was no demurrer .to the indictment, but during the trial the accused took four bills of exceptions, and after the jury returned their verdict he moved the court in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, which motions were overruled and exceptions taken thereto.

The indictment as printed in the transcript before us, contains many grammatical errors, a…