Williams v. People

This was an indictment for murder, returned by the grand jury of White county, and taken by change of venue to Wayne county.

A trial was had in the circuit court of Wayne county, and • the jury found the plaintiff in error guilty of murder, and fixed the period of his imprisonment in the penitentiary at the term of fourteen years.

Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and overruled, and thereupon the court pronounced sentence in accordance with the verdict. To reverse this judgment, the case is brought before us by writ of error.

It is objected, that the record of the White…