The delay had been advantageously employed.
The importance of mere delay to a guilty defendant cannot well be overestimated.

"You never can tell what may happen to knock a case on the head." For this reason a sufficiently paid and properly equipped counsel will run the whole gamut of criminal procedure, and: 1.

Demur to the indictment.
2.

Move for an inspection of the minutes of the proceedings before the grand jury.
3.

Move to dismiss the indictment for lack of sufficient evidence before that body.
4.