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Snodgrass v. StateSnodgrass v. State

Indiana Supreme Court
Nov 15, 1859
Reporters:
Per Curiam.

The appellants, with others, were prosecuted for an assault and battery upon one Hunt. Verdict of guilty, and fine ‍​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍of 5 dollars each against appellants. Motions for a new trial and in arrest, overruled.

There is, in the record, a large mass of testimony; but as the bill of exceptions does not profess ‍​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍to contain all the evidence given on the trial, several of the errors (which might otherwise have been important), assigned upon the record, cannot, therefore, be considered.

Upon the errors that we can notice, the ‍​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍first question is, upon the sufficiency of the information. It is said that it should contain a specific allegation that the prosecution is carried on in the name of the state, and that ‍​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍it should conclude with the words “ contrary to the form of the statute.”

The first branch of the objection is answered by the decision in the case of Cronkhite v. The State, 11 Ind. R. 307; and the second, ‍​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‍by the provision of the statute, 2 R. S. p. 368, § 61.

The judgment is affirmed with costs.

Case Details

Case Name: Snodgrass v. State
Court Name: Indiana Supreme Court
Date Published: Nov 15, 1859
Citation: 13 Ind. 292
Court Abbreviation: Ind.
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