Saulter v. State

Jun 7, 1922
No. 6927.
Reporters:
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Before:
Lattimore
LATTIMORE, Judge.

— This conviction was for forgery in the District Court of Wichita ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‍County, with punishment of five years in the penitentiary affixed.

The indictment herein was returned by a grand jury which was selected according to neither method ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‍provided by Chapter 1, Title 7 of our Code of Criminal Procedure, but in apparent disregard of the plain direction of said statute^. A motion ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‍to quash based on said ground was overruled. The matter is fully discussed in Russell v. State, No. 6923 this day decided. For the ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‍reasons given in the Russell ease we are of opinion the trial court erred in overruling the motion to quash the indictment, and that same ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‍necessitates a reversal and dismissal of this case, and it is so ordered.

Dismissed.