State v. Conner

This was a prosecution against the keepers of a ferry for extortion commenced at the April term, 1837, of the Floyd Circuit Court. The defendants moved the Court to quash the indictment; the motion prevailed, and the defendants were discharged. The foundation of the motion was the alleged illegality of the grand jurors who found the bill of indictment. It appears by the facts agreed by the parties, that the only record of the selection and drawing of the grand jurors in question by the board of county commissioners and the clerk, is the following entry made on the order book of the…