Tennessee Supreme Court December 15, 1846 (Brown v. State)

Reese, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

The record in this case presents us with two copies of the indictment, one taken from the minutes of the Circuit Court record, the other from the original indictment on file with the endorsements.

The first copy does not contain the endorsement which was made upon the bill, to wit: “a true bill, Samuel Seay foreman of the grand jury.