Jones v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged under Art. 567b, P. C., of a violation of what is commonly called the “bad check law” and upon his conviction was assessed a term of five years in the penitentiary, and he appeals therefrom.

We are early met herein with motions to quash the indictment because of the fact that same was found by what is termed an illegal grand jury, that is to say, that at the date of the presentation of this indictment into the court, two of the members of the grand jury were not qualified as such because they had failed to pay their poll tax prior to the first day of…