McCampbell v. State

There are seven cases coming by appeal made by the plaintiff in error from as many judgments rendered against him in the court below. In each of these cases *101there was a presentment charging him with the sale of intoxicating liquor without first obtaining a license. In one of them, it is contended the judgment should be reversed, because the presentment was signed by only twelve jurors. In Pybos v. State, 3 Humph., 49, it was held that this number of qualified grand jurors could find a valid indictment, under a well-recognized rule of the common law. This is now a statutory rule (section 7055…