Goulden v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

First degree forgery: sentence, twenty years. Code 1940, T. 14, §§ 199 & 207.

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There is no endorsement on the indictment of instant concern. All the record shows after “against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama” is the signature of the Solicitor (sic) followed by a notation reading. “Filed in open Court ón the 16 February A.D. 1972” with the signature of the clerk thereto.

Code 1940, T. 30, § 89 requires the concurrence of at least twelve grand jurors to find an indictment. The bill thereof must be indorsed “a true bill” with the signature of the foreman. See…