Chapman v. State

Charles K. Chapman, W. I. Johnson, Walter Johnson, John Etheridge, Charlie Chapman Jr., and H. Á. Harp were jointly indicted as principals, for the murder of Walter H. Wade. The defendants filed a plea in abatement, alleging substantially that the indictment was void as to the defendant Harp, because the grand jury was without any legal evidence before it connecting that defendant with the commission of the crime charged in the indictment, and that there was no evidence before the grand jury upon which to predicate the bill of indictment against Harp. It was also alleged that the indictment…