Bell v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The indictment was for robbery, and was in the prescribed form. Sections 4527, 4547, 4556, 8682, Code. There was a verdict of guilt, and punishment by imprisonment in the penitentiary was imposed.

The Objections to the genuineness of an indictment as a court record held required to be raised in the court below, before pleading to the merits, “by a timely motion to quash, or to strike the paper from the files.” Section 4547, Code; Jackson v. State, 74 Ala. 26; Russell v. State, 33 Ala. 366; Davis v. State, 131 Ala. 10, 31 So. 569; Johnson v. State, 19 Ala. App. 308, 97 So. 150.…