Hill v. State

The result of the trial in this case, to say the least, is anomalous. The indictment contained two counts, charging, in legal effect, identically the same offense, and covering the same time, and yet there were two verdicts returned to the jury; one finding the defendant guilty as charged in the first count, and the other finding him not guilty as charged ifa the second count.

Before pleading, the defendant made motion to quash the indictment, “because there was no legal evidence against the defendant in this case before the grand jury which found the indictment on which he is to he tried.”…