State v. Springer
Supreme Court of Arkansas
ERROR to Ghieot Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Bradrey, Circuit Judge. No re-signing by the foreman of the Grand Jury was necessary. It was returned into court in the presence of the Grand Jury, and filed, docketed and numbered. The original file mark was not erased, but it was refiled aud signed by the clerk. This was sufficient.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The defendant in error, a Justice of the Peace, was indicted for non-feasance in office. The Grand Jury, which preferred the accusation, were, as it appears, regularly selected, sworn and empaneled. The indictment was returned and filed in open court on the 4th of July, 1883, signed by the Prosecuting Attorney and endorsed “ A true bill” over the signature of the foreman. It charged the defendant with a failure to file, on or before the commencement of the July Term, 1883, with the County Clerk, an abstract of all misdemeanors tried before him since the last term of the Circuit Court, giving…
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