State v. Bull
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendants. The defendants were indicted for adultery, placed on trial, and during the trial the indictment disappeared. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
An indictment for adultery was duly found and returned against the defendants 'by the grand jury, at the April Term 1911 of the Supreme Judicial Court for Aroostook County and placed on the files of the court by the clerk. Upon this indictment the respondents were arraigned and severally pleaded not guilty. A jury was thereupon impanelled, the indictment was read to the jury and the case proceeded to trial. At some later stage of the trial and before the case was finally submitted to the jury, it was discovered that the indictment had disappeared, whether it was mislaid or lost or…
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