State v. Roddy

Defendant, John T. Roddy, was tried by jury and convicted of the crime of manslaughter and sentenced to serve 12 years in the State Penitentiary. On this appeal, the defendant reserved numerous bills of exceptions during his trial, however, where they have not been perfected or argued in brief by defense counsel, they have been considered abandoned. The other bills are grouped into four categories:

Bill of Exceptions Nos. 1 and 2 were reserved when the trial court denied the defendant’s Motion to Quash based on an alleged denial of the right to a speedy trial. According to the trial judge’s…