text:  When the time has arrived at which the accused must put in his answer to the indictment if he do not confess the charge or stand mute of malice he may either plead 1st to the jurisdiction which is a good plea when the court before whom the indictment is taken has no cognizance of the offence as when a case of treason is prosecuted at the quarter sessions; or 2dly he may demur by which he says that assuming that he has done every thing which the indictment lays to his charge he has nevertheless been guilty of no crime and is in nowise liable to punishment for the act there charged