Casper v. State

The indictment charged the accused with receiving certain stolen brasses, the property of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Company, knowing that they had been stolen. He filed a plea in abatement to quash the indictment upon-the ground that the solicitor-general was interested, and therefore disqualified to represent the State in obtaining the indictment. The plea set up that the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Company was the real prosecutor and had claimed the entire amount of the brass, and that the solicitor-general was local attorney for the railway company, and was…