ALMAND, Justice.
The plaintiff in error, William S. Golden, excepts to an order refusing to discharge him from the custody of R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden of the Georgia State Prison. In his petition Golden alleged that on May 23, 1956, he was tried in Glynn Superior Court for murder; that the jury returned the following verdict: "We the jury find the defendant William S. Golden guilty of voluntary manslaughter and set the penalty at twenty years"; that when the verdict...
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