Waller v. State

Waller was indicted for the offense of murder. He was put upon trial, and was convicted of murder. He moved for a new trial, and, when this motion was overruled, brought the case to this court, where the new trial was granted. He was again tried in the lower court and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He made another motion for new trial, which was overruled by the trial court and granted by this court. Upon his third trial, when arraigned in the lower court, he filed pleas alleging that he had been acquitted of the crime of murder by the verdict of the jury finding him guilty of voluntary…