Myers v. State

Jul 1, 1848
Reporters:

THE indictment in this case charges that ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‍the defendant acted as “ rider in a certain horse-race which was then and ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‍there run along a public highway, in said county, between animals of the horse ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‍kind in a trial of speed.”

The Court are of opinion that the charge thus ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‍made is too loose and vague to be considered sufficient in an indictment founded ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‍on section 103, c. 53, R. S.