Williams v. State

In the circuit court of Lafayette county, Lula Williams was'indicted for and convicted of murder, and sentenced to serve a life term in the state penitentiary, from which sentence and judgment she appeals.

As this case is disposed of on the motion to quash the indictment, it will be unnecessary to detail the facts, thereof.

The motion to quash the indictment is based on the fact that the circuit judge undertook to hold a special term of court for criminal business at a time when the statute provides for a civil term of court devoted exclusively to civil business, and at which no grand jmy was…