State v. Haynes
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Butler District Oou/rt. Separate indictments for larceny were found against the defendants in the above entitled cases, but by the same grand jury. Having been convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary, they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, On. J.
i. grand &tze:burden oí proof. After verdict in each case, the defendants filed each respectively a motion in arrest of judgment, upon ^ie alleged ground that two of the grand jurors were not citizens of the State of Iowa, nor,of the United States, and were not qualified to act as grand jurors.
It is shown by a bill of exceptions that one of the grand jurors upon examination stated that he was born in Canada-; that his father was born in the State of Yermont, and was a revolutionary soldier, and drew a pension while he lived in Canada; that the grand juror lived with his father in…
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- State v. ChamberlinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917