Williams v. State

Appellant appeals from a judgment under which he stands convicted of the crime of conspiracy to commit grand larceny. After entering a general ple'a of not guilty, appellant filed a plea in abatement, on which issue was joined and a hearing had. It is contended that the court below erred in finding against appellant upon the issues thus tendered. In substance they are: (1) That defendant had been arrested and had a hearing before a United States commissioner, on a charge of attempting to sell counterfeit obligations and securities of the United States to J. J. Scott; that upon such hearing he…