Battle v. State

Appellant having been convicted of arson in the court below, moved in arrest of judgment for reasons set forth. The first three of these relate to the proceedings by which the grand jury was constituted. But these objec*94tions, even if some irregularities had intervened therein, eome too late after a plea of not guilty and verdict.—State v. Clarkson, 3 Ala. R. 378; Russell v. State, 33 id. 366; Horton v. State, 47. id. 58.

The record, however, shows that the foreman of the grand jury was appointed by the court; that it ordered that he “be sworn as foreman of said grand jury, which is accordingly…