State v. Ward

Hatcher, PresideNt:

A special plea was interposed to an indictment; a demurrer to the plea was sustained and its sufficiency certified to this court.

The gist of the plea is that fourteen indictments (for violation of the banking laws in relation to the Bank of Benwood) numbered 1 to 14, inclusive, were returned against the defendant in 1925; that it was then agreed between the defendant’s counsel on the one hand and the prosecuting attorney and banking eommisioner on the other, subject to the circuit court’s approval, that if defendant would enter a plea of guilty in one of the indictments and…