Blau v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Guión Q. Hall, Judge. Blau, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted, under Code 1892, §§ 1120, 1121, for dealing in futures, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts upon which the case was decided are fully stated in the opinion.
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From the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Guión Q. Hall, Judge. Blau, appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted, under Code 1892, §§ 1120, 1121, for dealing in futures, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts upon which the case was decided are fully stated in the opinion. If the court has the lawful right to compel a grand jury to return indictments, when they have refused to do so, then the bill of rights and constitution should be annulled and the grand jury system abolished. Clair v. State, 28 L. B. A., 367; 2 Hale, P. 0., 161; 1 Chitty on Criminal Law, 312. The trend of…
1Opinion of the CourtPrice, J.
The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Lauderdale county January, 1902, for violating sections 1120, 1121, of the Code of 1902, against dealing in futures. The defendant filed the following motion to quash the indictment against him:
“And now comes the defendant, in his own proper person, and moves the court to quash the indictment herein, and in support of' said motion he assigns the following reasons:
“First. Because the Hon. Gr. Q. Hall, judge of the tenth judicial district, at the January term of the circuit court, 1902, charged the grand jury at length on the criminal character of…
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