State v. Bradford

The defendant was indicted for manslaughter, and was duly tried, convicted, and sentenced. He appeals and brings up eight bills of exception numbered respectively 1 to 3, 3A, and 4 to 7.

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The defendant was indicted April 1st; he was arraigned April 8th. He objected (1) that this was at a special and not a regular term of court, and (2) that he had not been notified in advance of said arraignment and hence had not been given time to prepare and file preliminary pleas before joining issue.

1. Section 43 of article 7, p. 50, of the Constitution of 1921 (formerly article 117, Const, of 1898),…