People v. Keavin

The defendant has been indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree, it being charged that he shot and killed a police officer of the city of Geneva, Aeneas McDonald, with the “ deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of the said Aeneas McDonald.”

The defendant bases his motion upon the ground that he did not have a preliminary hearing before a magistrate upon the charge of murder in the first degree and that, therefore, he is entitled to inspect the minutes of the grand jury. Leave to inspect the minutes of the grand jury has been granted in some cases upon this…