{"data":{"id":"us-il/705-ilcs-305-17","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"705 ILCS 305/17","heading":"","body":"After the grand jury is impaneled, it shall be the duty of the court to appoint a foreman, who shall have power to swear or affirm witnesses to testify before them, and whose duty it shall be, when the grand jury, or any nine of them, find a bill of indictment to be supported by good and sufficient evidence, to indorse thereon \"A true bill;\" where they do not find a bill to be supported by sufficient evidence, to indorse thereon \"Not a true bill;\" and shall, in either case, sign his name as foreman, at the foot of said endorsement, and shall also, in each case in which a true bill shall be returned into court as aforesaid, note thereon the name or names of the witness or witnesses upon whose evidence the same shall have been found.","path":["CHAPTER 705 COURTS","Jury Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1860\u0026ChapterID=50\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:40Z","sha256":"05ce4c9489e4eee6f8d418e70d894670e66775ee77b8415e8e97b249696200ff","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/705-ilcs-305-16","next":"us-il/705-ilcs-305-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}