State v. . Pitt

ClabK, O., J.

The defendant was convicted of larceny of the corn of one J. R. Bunting, standing in the field. The testimony came from eye-witnesses and was clear and explicit. The first exception is to the refusal of the court to quash the bill of indictment on the ground that said Bunting, who was foreman of tbe grand jury that passed on the bill, was also the prosecutor and swore out the warrant before a justice of the peace. The court found as a fact that Bunting at the time that the grand jury was considering the bill retired from the grand jury room and did not discuss the case with the…