State v. Jeffcoat

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

The defendant was tried and convicted for selling spirituous liquors without a license at the May term of the court, 1886, for Orangeburg County. After the verdict, but before sentence, he moved in arrest of judgment on the ground that the grand jury which found the bill was not a lawful grand jury, in that they had been drawn to attend on the 4th of January, 1886, which was not “the commencement of the first term of the court in that year;” but, on the contrary, the 11th day of January, 1886, was the first day of the term. The…