Coleman v. State

HABPEB, Judge.'

—Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of theft. It appears that after the jury, upon being charged, retired to consider of their verdict, they afterwards returned into open court the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty, and assess his punishment at a fine of thirty-seven dollars.” . The court accepted the verdict and discharged the jury. After discharging the jury, and they had left the courtroom, the court’s attention was called to the fact that the verdict was not responsive to the charge, and was one unauthorized by law, in that the law requires in…