State v. . Gainus

Of the many exceptions taken in the court below, two only were relied upon for the defendant in this court:

First: The transcript of the record in the case, after setting forth in the usual form that a superior court was holden for the county, the sheriff’s return of the venire, and the election and impanelling of the grand jury, proceeds as follows : “ It is presented in manner and form following, that is to say,” following which is a copy of the indiqtment against the defendant. It is insisted that the transcript is fatally defective, in that, it omits to state that the grand jury were in…