Hines v. State

FOSTER, Justice.

The record in this case shows an order •of the court on September 12, 1938, setting the case, which was murder in the first •degree, and ordering a special venire, but no arraignment and plea there appear. Another order was made, not dated, for •the special venire, in which is recited the personal appearance of defendant and his plea of not guilty.

There is certified what purports to be the verdict of a jury, finding this defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixing his punishment at twenty-five years in the penitentiary. This is not dated, nor ■made a part of a…