James v. State

In answer to the indictment, defendant interposed a plea of autrefois convict, in which it was contended that the offense therein charged was the identical offense, in law and in fact, for which he had Already been tried and convicted in the same ■court wherein the present prosecution was pending. No objection to said plea, by demurrer or otherwise, was interposed, and we gather from the record that the state took issue upon said plea, although in its- present condition it is difficult to ascertain what course was pursued in connection therewith. At any rate the bill of exceptions contains…