State v. Morgan

It appears, by the record, that the defendant in error was indicted for a felony by the grand jury of Frederick County. A motion was made to quash the indictment, and pending the motion, on the 20th day of October, 1868, there was received and filed in the Circuit Court a nolle prosequi granted by the Governor, ordering “ that all further proceedings against Morgan on the indictment should cease and determine upon payment of the costs accrued upon the indictment, and that no further prosecution be had or carried on against hini for or on account of the said offences.”

Whereupon the counsel for…