Pointer v. State

This was a prosecution against the appel*256lant, Henry Pointer, upon an indictment for grand larceny, charging him with having stolen $18 in money, the property of one Harry Clark.

Plea of not guilty; verdict finding the defendant guilty as charged, and fixing his punishment, in addition to a fine and disfranchisement, at imprisonment in the State’s prison for the term of one year. Motion for a new trial denied, and judgment on the verdict.

The defendant assigned as causes for a new trial:

First. Irregularity in the proceedings in this, that the grand' jury which found the indictment, in violation…