McFarlin v. State

McFarlin was indicted at the September term, 1904, of Coweta superior court. He filed a plea in abatement, on the ground that under the act approved August 15, 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 83), three of the grand jurors by whom the indictment *330was returned were ineligible, because they had previously served as grand jurors at the March term, 1904, of Coweta superior court; that no warrant had been issued for his arrest; that no bond had been given by him to appear at court; that he had no notice or knowledge that the grand jury at the September term would attempt to indict or would indict him; that he…