ALMAND, Justice.
Dixon was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and given a sentence of from eight to ten years. He thereafter filed a motion, praying that the judgment and sentence be set aside, alleging that the same were void because the verdict fixed no minimum or maximum sentence, and because the sentence was a nullity because the judge therein ordered the defendant imprisoned as ordered by the Prison Commission of Georgia, whereas there was no such Prison Commission...
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