Court Opinion

ID: 6542435
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-19 22:16:50.265158+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:55:52.266070
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam :  Indictment. The provision that the foreman of the grand jury shall sign the indorsement, “A true bill,” upon indictments, is directory, and the objection to the irregularity is waived, unless made before pleading. People v. Lawrence, 21 Cal., 372; State v. Mertens, 14 Mo., 94; State v. Creighton, 1 Nott & McCord, 256; Wam-kod-chow-neck-kow v. U. S., Morris, 1 Iowa, 332; State v. Cox, 6 Ire., 440; State v. Powell, 24 Texas, 135; State v. Murphy, 47 Mo., 274; State v. Shipley, 10 Minn., 223; State v. Brandon, 28 Ark., 411; State v. Johnson, 33 Ark., 174. Reverse and remand, with directions to put defendant upon his trial.