State v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from MarshaM District Court. Defendant was indicted and convicted of the crime of committing a nuisance in keeping a saloon for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. He now appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The defendant moved to quash theindictment for the reason that the grand jury were not drawn, summoned and impaneled in the manner required by law. This objection is based upon the alleged fact that a grand jury lawfully summoned was unlawfully discharged, and the grand jury finding the indictment was unlawfully summoned and impaneled in their place on the third day of the term. The motion, in our opinion, ought to have been sustained.
The facts which support the allegations of the motion are shown by affidavits of jurors and others. These affidavits *111show that, at a preceding term, the…
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