Keener v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Kimsey. Babun superior court. August term, 1895. ~W. S. Keener was convicted of the murder of Arizona Moore, and his motion for a new trial was overruled. 1. A' motion to quash the indictment was made, on the ground that the minutes did not state when, how, nor by whom the bill was returned into court.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Kimsey. Babun superior court. August term, 1895. ~W. S. Keener was convicted of the murder of Arizona Moore, and his motion for a new trial was overruled. 1. A' motion to quash the indictment was made, on the ground that the minutes did not state when, how, nor by whom the bill was returned into court. The court called upon the clerk to state how the indictment came into court, and the clerk said, by the sworn bailiff of the grand jury; whereupon the court directed the clerk to so correct the minutes as to cause them to speak the truth in this regard, but…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. Where the minutes failed to show the manner in which an indictment had been returned into court at a given term, it was not improper, for the trial judge, at the same term, to orally direct the clerk t'o correct the minutes so as to make them speak the truth as to this matter; and the making and entering óf a formal order for this purpose was not essential.
*389December 13, 1895. Indictment for murder. Before Judge Kimsey. Babun superior court. August term, 1895. ~W. S. Keener was convicted of the murder of Arizona Moore, and his motion for a new trial was overruled. 1. A' motion to quash the…
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