Jones v. State

The material facts shown by the record, necessary for us to notice, are these: — At the September term, 1831, of the Circuit Court of Bartholomew county, John Jones, the plaintiff in error, was indicted for the murder of John Ray. He was tried and found guilty, and judgment of death was rendered against him. At the November term, 1831, of the Supreme Court, that judgment was reversed, the verdict of the jury set aside, and the case remanded with instructions to award a venire de novo and try the issue again. At the March term, 1832, another trial was had by a jury, and the prisoner again…