In re Tyler

the grand jury is a part of the court, I think to be too well settled to be now disputed. Any citizen has a right to present charges of misconduct against any member or members of the grand jury to the court of which it forms a part, that the same may be investigated. But an insulting letter addressed and sent to such jury in relation to their functions, and saying to them that if they find an indictment against a person whose cause is before such jury for investigation, the community will conclude that they have been bribed to do so, is not submitting charges against them to the court, but…