Dunn v. State

The indictment contained, in this record fails to show a compliance with the mandatory provisions of section 7300 of the Code 1907, which provides that, in order to find a legal indictment against a person in this state, the concurrence of at least twelve grand jurors is necessary, and, when so found, it must be indorsed “a true bill,” and the indorsement signed by the foreman. The indictment here contains no such indorsement and is in consequence not a valid indictment and will not support a conviction. This identical question has been so decided in numerous decisions of this court and of…