Williams v. State

An indictment was prepared by the solicitor-general and presented to the grand jury, charging the accused with the offense of murder, in that he "did unlawfully and with malice aforethought kill and murder one William Brown, by shooting him in the head with a pistol.” On this indictment the grand jury made the following finding: "True bill for voluntary manslaughter.” The accused was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He moved in arrest of judgment, on the ground that no true bill was ever found by the grand jury, 'and that the indictment under which he was tried was not a valid indictment…