Sommerlatte v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The offense is adultery; the punishment, a fine of $1,000.

It appears by appellant’s bill of exception No. 1 that before announcing ready for trial the appellant filed his sworn motion to quash the indictment, which was in the nature of a plea to the jurisdiction. Among other grounds set out in said plea was that the clerk of the district court of Colorado county failed to make an entnr upon the minutes of said court that an indictment upon which the prosecution herein is predicated was by the grand jury presented in open court and that at least nine grand jurors were present at…