Barnard v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was indicted in the Criminal District Court of Travis County, upon a charge of murder; and upon, his trial was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at four years in the penitentiary.

Considering the errors urged in the order as presented by appellant ’s brief, we first notice the contention that the verdict was reached by lot, and that same is, therefore, illegal. The record discloses that the testimony of the jurors was heard in support of this motion for a new trial, their testimony substantially being that after they had agreed on a verdict of…