Waterman v. State

Waterman was tried and convicted upon an indictment which charged him with the crime of embezzlement. At the proper time, he pleaded in abatement that the record did not show that an indictment had been returned into court against him. After the plea was filed the record was amended so as to show that an indictment had been duly returned, and, upon the evidence of the record so amended, the court found the issue raised upon the plea against the defendant.

It is now contended that the court erred in admitting the amended record in evidence to defeat the plea, the argument being that the issue…