People v. Bareika

The testimony before the Grand Jury was spaced over a period of five and one-half months. At the conclusion of the final session, the Assistant Attorney-General moved for an indictment and thereafter, the foreman reported on behalf of the *293Grand Jury a verdict in favor of an indictment in violation of section 580 of the Penal Law. The indictment was thereafter prepared and signed by the foreman but never examined, read to or by the members of the jury.

A brief chronology of the facts shows that in September, 1959, the Town Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New…