Powers v. State

— Indictment against the appellant in three counts for murder in the first degree; trial; conviction of manslaughter, and sentence to the State prison for ten years.

The appellant moved to quash each count of the indictment, and insists that each is defective, because it does not describe with sufficient clearness and particularity the manner of the killing; “ that the offence is not set forth in plain, concise language, and is not substantially a statement of murder at common law.”

As it is conceded that the counts do not differ materially,, a reference to one of them will be sufficient.

In the…