Grinad v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Simple Larceny. In Coweta Superior Court. Tried before Judge Eeathekston. At May Special Term, 1866. At a special term of Coweta Superior Court, appointed by tbe Judge, and held under tbe Act of February 5th, 1866, the grand jury returned a bill of indictment against the plaintiffs in error, charging them with stealing three horses on the nineteenth of March, 1866. After the traverse jury were impanneled and sworn, the prisoners demurred to the indictment on the grounds:— 1.…
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Simple Larceny. In Coweta Superior Court. Tried before Judge Eeathekston. At May Special Term, 1866. At a special term of Coweta Superior Court, appointed by tbe Judge, and held under tbe Act of February 5th, 1866, the grand jury returned a bill of indictment against the plaintiffs in error, charging them with stealing three horses on the nineteenth of March, 1866. After the traverse jury were impanneled and sworn, the prisoners demurred to the indictment on the grounds:— 1. That the grand jury who found the bill were illegally impanneled; for, that they were drawn for the last regular March…
1Opinion of the Court
Habéis, J.
This case has been argued by briefs filed with the Clerk.
It seems that in the Superior Court of Coweta county, the plaintiffs in error demurred to the indictment found against them, on three several grounds, viz: “1st. That the jury finding the indictment were improperly and illegally empanneled, for that the jury was the jury drawn for the last regular March term of this Court, and was not the jury of a previous term, or a new jury drawn for this special term, according to the law authorizing special terms.”
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