Robinson v. State

Appellant was tried upon an indictment charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree, which was alleged to have been committed by striking and beating J. H. Brock with a certain blunt instrument, the true nature of which was to the grand jury unknown, and he was found guilty of the crime charged, and from the judgment of the court imposing the death penalty is this appeal.

For the reversal of the judgment it is first insisted. that the indictment was demurrable, because it was not signed by the prosecuting attorney.

It is customary for the prosecuting attorney to sign indictments,…