Jones v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court of Cuming county of shooting at another person with intent to kill, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for eight years. He now prosecutes error to this *402court. It appears from the record that the March term, 1883, of the district court of Cuming county was adjourned till the 23d of June, the grand jury being discharged; that on the 23d of June 1885, an order was entered by said court requiring the sheriff to summon a grand jury from the bystanders. The sheriff thereupon summoned a grand jury from the bystanders as…