Wright v. State

Síiith, J.

Wright was indicted, jointly with others, for the murder of Thomas "Wyatt. Upon a separate trial he was convicted of murder in the first degree. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial having been denied, he was condemned to be hanged, but prayed an appeal to this court, which was allowed because the names of the other defendants were not set out in the indictment copied into the transcript. This defect has since been cured upon the award of a writ of certiorari.

Counsel have discussed an alleged irregularity in the formation of the grand jury and an alleged failure to…