Goldstein v. State

To an indictment (or more accurately a special presentment) in nine counts charging- him with making, possessing, and uttering certain forged negotiable instruments, the defendant filed his plea in abatement to the first six counts upon the ground, among others, that the witnesses named on the indictment (or special presentment) had not appeared and testified under oath before the grand jury. The solicitor-general filed various demurrers to the plea in abatement, some of which were sustained and others overruled. Upon the hearing of evidence and argument of counsel upon the plea in abatement,…