Welch v. State

Citations

• 68 Miss. 341

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Procedure. Indictment. Grand jury. Plea in abatement.</p> <p>A plea in abatement to an. indictment is good which alleges that an attorney for tlie prosecution procured himself to he summoned as a witness before the grand jury, and, thus introduced, addressed the grand jury, urging the finding of an indictment. An indictment found under such circumstances should be quashed.</p>