Chap. 257.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Second Section of Chapter
207 of Code of Virginia (edition of 1860), as to Information, Present-
ment, or Indictment.

Approved July 11, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
second of chapter two hundred and seven of the Code of Vir-
ginia (edition of eighteen hundred and sixty), be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

“$2. An information may be filed upon a presentment or
indictment by a grand jury, or upon a complaint in writing,
verified by the oath of a competent witness; but no person
shall be put upon trial for any felony, unless an indictment
shall have first been found by a grand jury in a court of com-
petent jurisdiction. If the accused be in custody, or has been
recognized or summoned to answer such presentment, indict-
ment, or complaint, no other process shall be necessary; but
the court may, in its discretion, issue process to compel the
appearance of the accused.”

2. This act shall be in force from and after the first of July,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy.