White v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the, state penitentiary for a term of 20 years.

At the threshold of this case, we are confronted with a serious question relating to a matter of procedure during the trial of the case. The bill of exception relating to the matter discloses the following occurrence: After the jury had retired and were deliberating on their verdict, they decided to propound to the trial judge the following interrogatories, to-wit:

“What portion of a sentence must be served before a prisoner is allowed, by law, to apply for parole?”

“Wha…