State v. Brown

OVEBTON, Justice.

Defendant was indicted for murdering his wife, and, upon trial, he was found guilty of the lesser offense of manslaughter. Following the conviction, he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not less than thirteen nor more than twenty years. He submits to this court for consideration, six bills of exception, and an assignment of error, assigning a number of alleged errors, appearing upon the face of the record.

The first bill of exception rests upon the refusal of the judge to quash the bill of indictment. The motion to quash is based upon the ground that the…