Shafer v. State

Indictment for grand larceny,- plea, not guilty. Trial by jury, which returned the following verdict, excepting the title of the cause and signature of the foreman, which are omitted, namely: “We, the jury, find the defendant, Jacob Shafer, guilty as he stands charged in the indictment, and assess his punishment, that he be imprisoned in the State’s prison for the term of two years, that he be fined in the sum of three dollars and disfranchised for the term of two years.”

The defendant objected to the discharge of the jury, but stated no grounds for the objection. The court overruled the…