State v. . Ferrell

When the defendants named in the indictment on which this action was prosecuted were called to the bar of the court for their arraignment, the solicitor for the State, in behalf and with the approval of the judge, propounded to the defendants questions as to their pleas in accordance with tbe forms and procedure wbicb have been from time immemorial and are now in general use in this State. On his appeal to this Cour.t, the defendant, Clyde Ferrell, contends that his arraignment was void because the questions were propounded to him by the solicitor and not by the judge or by the clerk of the…