Odeneal v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted in the circuit court of Haywood county for the murder of one Haywood Pender, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of seven years’ confinement in the State penitentiary. On his motion for a new trial he introduced witnesses to show that he had never been properly arraigned, although the entry on the minutes showed that he had pleaded not .guilty and had gone to the jury on that issue. Without going into the question as to how far the entry on the minutes may he contradicted in. this manner, it suffices to say that the bill of…