Opinion · Supreme Court of Arkansas
State v. Agnew
State v. Agnew, 52 Ark. 275 (Ark. 1889)
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- Opinion
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- Supreme Court of Arkansas
- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas
- Date
- 1889-11-15
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- general
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.
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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.