Case Name: Hall v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1863-11
Citations: 21 Ind. 268
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hall v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 268–268

Head Matter:
Hall v. The State.
Criminal Law and Practice. — The record on appeal, in a criminal case, tried on indictment, must show that the grand jury was regularly empannelled, and the indictment duly returned by them in open Court.
APPEAL from the Madison Circuit Court.
James W. Sansberry and Voss & Kane, for the appellant.
Oscar B. Hord, Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Indictment of the appellant for larceny. Motion to quash overruled. Trial, conviction, and sentence of imprisonment in the State's prison, a motion in arrest being overruled. The record does not show any empanneiling of a grand jury, or the return by that body of the indictment into Court. A certiorari has been issued in this behalf, but the return thereto fails to supply the imperfections of the record.
The judgment below is reversed.