Clemmons v. State

At the Fall term, 1900, of the Circuit Court of Holmes county, plaintiff in error, was convicted of murder in the third degree upon an indictment charging him *202with the crime of murder in the first degree, and from the sentence imposed sued out this writ of error.

I. Defendant moved to quash the indictment upon two grounds; first, that it fails to allege that the deceased was-a human being; second, because of important and material interlineations and erasures therein, in this, that the words “with intent” and “to” have been stricken out; and the word “did” inserted in lieu of the word “to,”…