Alabama Court of Appeals, 1939

Gould v. State

Gould v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals · Decided June 30, 1939 · Rice
191 So. 402; 29 Ala. App. 57; 1939 Ala. App. LEXIS 31 (Southern Reporter)

Gould v. State

Opinion of the Court

RICE, Judge.

In a prosecution for any indictable crime conviction cannot stand under indictment which does not carry endorsement “a true bill” signed by foreman of grand jury. Code 1923, § 8682; Parker v. State, 25 Ala.App. 413, 147 So. 649; Whitley v. State, 166 Ala. 42, 52 So. 203, and many other cases that might be cited.

The record before us fails to show the signature of the foreman of the grand jury affixed to the endorsement “a true bill” appearing on the indictment. The judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded. Authorities supra.

It is so ordered.

Reversed and remanded.

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