Switzer v. State

The plaintiff in error was arraigned in the city court on a special presentment of the grand jury, charging him with the offense of gaming. Before pleading, he made a written demand for a copy of the presentment, and for a list of the witnesses sworn before the grand jury, on whose testimony the special presentment was found; a copy of the special presentment, with the name of one witness thereon, was furnished to him; and he thereupon filed a plea in abatement, on the ground that this witness— the sole witness sworn before the grand jury, and upon whose testimony the presentment was returned…