Pickus v. Perry

Plaintiff Pickus was indicted of a criminal offense. Contending that the body which returned the indictment was not in fact and in law a duly and legally constituted grand jury, Pickus moved in the court below to quash the indictment, and, that motion being denied, demurred thereto, which demurrer was overruled, whereupon he interposed a plea of not guilty and the matter stands for trial in the circuit court.

At this stage of the proceedings, Pickus invoked the general superintending control of this court over inferior courts by applying here for an order to show cause directed to the learned…