State v. Hinckley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
REPORTED TO THE SUPREME COURT BY THE JUD&E OE THE DISTRICT COURT OE RICE COUNTY. Points and authorities on behalf of the State: First. — Section 13, Chapter 104 of the Compiled Statutes is merely declaratory of the Common Law, confers no new right, and entitles Defendant to no privileges which he would not have enjoyed at common law.
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REPORTED TO THE SUPREME COURT BY THE JUD&E OE THE DISTRICT COURT OE RICE COUNTY. Points and authorities on behalf of the State: First. — Section 13, Chapter 104 of the Compiled Statutes is merely declaratory of the Common Law, confers no new right, and entitles Defendant to no privileges which he would not have enjoyed at common law. The right of challenge to the jury or to any individual member of the grand jury has existed from time immemorial; but its exercise has always been confined as by our Statute, to objections made prior to the finding of the indictment, either by the Defendant, if…
1Opinion of the CourtAtwater, J.
By the Court. The Defendant was indicted for larceny in the District Court for Rice County, and a verdict of guilty was rendered. The case was reported to this *357court by the Judge before whom the cause was tried, iu accordance with the provisions of Sec. 220, p. 778, Comp. Stat. The record also presents the demurrer to the indictment and certain exceptions to the evidence introduced by the prosecution on the trial of the case.
That part of the indictment necessary to present the points raised, reads as follows, viz: “ The grand jurors for the County of Nice, and State oí Minnesota, upon their…
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