People v. Lyman
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second Judicial District Court. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
N. Schaeffer, Chief Justice:
The defendant was convicted of grand larceny in the Second Judicial District Court. A motion for a new trial was duly made and overruled, and judgment was entered upon the verdict. The defendant appealed from the order overruling the motion for a new trial and from the judgment, and assigning for error: 1st. That the indictment is not good, because it is signed by J. H. Beaty, Assistant United States Attorney, and not by the United States Attorney for this Territory.
Section 143 of our Criminal Practice Act provides that “ an indictment cannot be found…
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