State v. Cox

FRUGE, Justice ad hoc.

Warren Cox was indicted for the murder ■of George Locke, and found guilty without capital punishment. He was sentenced to confinement at hard labour for the rest of his life.

During the course of his trial, eighteen bills of exception were reserved, which will be considered in numerical sequence.

Bills 1, 2 and 3 were taken to the procedure of the Grand Jury. Testimony was taken, and these exceptions were tried .and disposed of prior to the trial on a motion to quash. Bill No. 1 was taken to the facts (1) that the drawing of the names from the venire list was begun before…