Whitaker v. State

Paul Whitaker appeals from conviction on a charge of manufacturing intoxicating liquor. Reversal is urged on the ground that the court erred in not sustaining a motion to quash the indictment as void for the reason that the grand jury which found and returned the indictment deliberated and made its finding’s in a room disconnected from the courthouse where the circuit court was being held.

The question arises from the following circumstances: The indictment was returned at the July, 1924, term of the circuit court of Scott county, and at that time the courthouse of the county had been torn…