Hays v. State

This case presents two questions : First, is an indictment ■which charges that a defendant sold liquors “to persons to the grand jurors-unknown,” supported or answered by the testimony of a person who swears that the defendant sold liquor to him ? We can see no discrepancy or impropriety in such an every-day occurrence, unless it were pro'yed, in addition, that the grand jury knew the witness to hare been, in fact, the unknown person alluded to in their averment, and that is not pretended here. It often happens that a citizen may swear before the grand jury to the commission of such offenses…