Bechtelheimer v. State

The appellant was indicted, jointly with one William Young, for the murder of Susan Ingram. The indictment contained three counts. Beehtelheimer was separately put upon trial, and was convicted upon the third count and sentenced to the state-prison for life. The conviction upon the third count of the indictment operated as an acquittal upon the others. Motions were made in the court below to quash the third count, and in arrest of judgment, but were overruled. These rulings are assigned for error. The third count was as follows, viz.:

“ The grand jurors aforesaid, for the county aforesaid,…