State v. Black

In the circuit court of Marion County, Missouri, the appellant was convicted of manslaughter for killing his daughter Geneva Lorene Black, and his punishment was assessed at imprisonment in the county jail for one year. From this judgment he has duly appealed.

His first assignment of error is that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to quash the indictment returned by the grand jury agáinst him. In his motion he contends that the indictment is so vague, verbose and conflicting that no "accused could prepare a defense nor anticipate for what he was being put in jeopardy. The…