Honeycutt v. State

Section 8682 of the Code 1923 provides:

“The concurrence of at least twelve grand jurors is necessary to find an indictment; and when so found it must be indorsed ‘A true bill,’ and the indorsement signed by the foreman.”

The purported indictment contained in this record fails to show a compliance with the mandatory requirement of the statute, supra. There is no indorsement “A true bill” on the indictment. That the indorsement is necessary to a proper authentication of the indictment, and that the requirement of the statute is mandatory, has been held in many decisions of this court and the…