Leonard v. State

The defendant-was tried and convicted under indictment for murder in the first degree, and the death penalty imposed.

The bench notes on the trial docket were pursuant to the verdict rendered and sufficient to warrant the formal judgment entered on the minutes of the court. The latter shows: The due indictment, arraignment, venire, and trial on days regularly fixed by tbe court. The due orders and execution thereof on defendant of the venire and copy of the Indictment. On the day fixed for and on which the trial was had, the prosecution was by the solicitor, and the defendant was present in…