Ridout v. State

Appealing- from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter, plaintiff in error challenges the validity of the indictment on the ground that the trial judge was not qualified to act on the day when he organized the grand jury. Certain other errors assigned have been considered, but found without merit, and this opinion is confined to the single question above stated.

The terms of the Shelby County Criminal Court, three a year, open on the third Mondays of January, May and September. Unless earlier adjourned each term runs until the opening of the succeeding term.

It appears that the regular judge…