State v. Goodrich
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Indictments in the district court for Washington county against Charles T. Goodrich and James Matthews and against Charles T. Goodrich and Joseph Crick. In each case orders were made, Williston, J., denying a motion to dismiss and set aside the indictment and overruling a demurrer to the indictment, and the case was certified to the supreme court for its decision upon the questions arising on the motion and demurrer.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
These cases were certified to this court by the district court of Washington county pursuant to G. S. 1894, § 7395, The questions certified for our decision are identical in each case. They are: (1) Did the trial court err in denying the defendants’ motion to quash the indictments? (2) Did it err in overruling defendants’ demurrer to the indictments? We answer each of the questions in the negative.
I. The defendants’ motion to quash was based on two general propositions: (a) That the grand jury list was illegally selected; (b) that the grand jury was illegally reconvened for an adjourned term…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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