Morgan v. State

This This was an indictment for murder.

The ease was before us at the last term of this Court (see 12 Ind. R. 448), where the facts and reasons upon which a reversal of the judgment below were based; are fully set forth.

The record in the case then before us showed that a motion had been made to discharge the defendant from custody. But at the time the motion was made, the Circuit Court was, as we then decided, attempting to hold an unauthorized sitting. The jury had been kept in custody beyond the regular term of the Court. The verdict was received and the judgment entered on the Monday after…