Donahue v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Lake Circuit Court; Willis C. McMahan, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Edward Donahue for murder. Erom a judgment of conviction, de* fendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.
Appellant was convicted in the court below of murder in the first degree, and it was adjudged that he suffer death.
1. It is first contended on his behalf that the indictment should have been quashed because it appears from the recitals of the record that the grand jury which indicted him was impaneled at an adjourned term of court. Section 1443 Burns 1901, §1380 R. S. 1881, contains the sole condition which the law imposes upon the transaction of business by the court at an adjourned term, and that is that the business pending at the close of the regular term of court shall remain undisposed…
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