King v. State

Mu. Justice VanValkehbuksh

delivered the opinion of the court.

One ground of error is that the offence with which defendant is charged is not triable on an information filed, but only on an indictment found by a grand jury. Chapter 3042; of the Laws of the State, approved February 7, 1877, provides that every misdemeanor of which the Circuit -Court shall have jurisdiction may be tried .upon presentment or indictment by a grand jury, or upon information filed by the State attorney, or the duly authorized prose-*53euting attorney of the Circuit Court. The counsel for defendant insists that this…