Alley v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Decatur Circuit Court. The appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree. A motion to quash was overruled, and the defendant excepted, The jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter, and that he be imprisoned for two years in the State’s prison. ' A motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment was rendered according to the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
' Frazer, J.
A variety of questions are urged upon our attention, but inasmuch as the bill of exceptions which presents them cannot be regarded as in the record,’ not having been filed within the time required by the statute, we cannot consider them.
The point is also presented that the transcript does not contain the record of the proceedings of the court in impanelling and swearing the grand jury which returned the indictment. The counsel for the appellant apologize for making, in this court, a question so purely technical, and justify themselves by the fact that the State, by her chief law…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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