People v. Grout

The defendants having obtained orders allowing them to inspect the minutes of the grand jury which returned two separate indictments against them for perjury, on December 29, 1913, now move to dismiss the indictments upon the ground that the legal and competent evidence received by the grand jury was insufficient to warrant the finding of the indictments ; that there was no legal or competent evidence warranting the finding thereof; they also charge that the grand jury received other than legal and compe*572tent evidence, which improperly influenced their minds to such an extent and in such…