Wilson v. State

On the 29th day of March, 1877, which was during a regular term of the court below, a summons was issued for the appellant, requiring him to appear, and testify as a witness, before the grand jury of Hancock County, which was then in session, and was ■delivered to an acting deputy-sheriff of said county, who, in the name of the proper sheriff, returned the summons endorsed, “ Served by telling defendant that I had a subpoena for him for to-day, and defen dant run, and kept out of my reach, so that I could not read to him.”

*72Upon the return of the summons, an attachment was issued against the…