People v. Morgan

The sole question presented in this-case is whether an indictment returned by a grand jury which was summoned for and sworn at one term of court, and continued its work into the next, and was recognized by the court as a valid jury in receiving the indictment in question, should be vacated and set aside on the ground that the grand jury is functus officio at the end of the term for which it is chosen.

That the statute contemplates that the work of the grand jury will be done during the term to which it is summoned is apparent. 3 Comp. Laws, § 11885. Does it follow that, when the jury has in…