In re Alcorn

Citations

• 7 Idaho 101
• 60 P. 561
• 1900 Ida. LEXIS 17

Syllabus

<p>Habeas Corpus — Section 7926 of the Revised Statutes Construed. — Under an indictment charging murder in the first degree, a finding by the jury of a verdict of guilty of manslaughter is proper, and in accordance with the provisions of section 7926 of the Revised Statutes of Idaho.</p> <p>Indictment — Criminal Procedure. — A defect in the form of an indictment by reason of a clerical omission, and which should, under the provisions of the Penal Code, have been raised by demurrer, cannot he made the ground for issuing a writ of habeas corpus after conviction and sentence.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>