State v. Henderson

May 15, 1881
No. 9112
Reporters:
Before:
Elliott
Elliott, J.

This appeal is prosecuted by the State, and calls in ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍question the correctness of the ruling of the court below in sustaining appellee’s motion to quash.

The affidavit was insufficient, for ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍the reason that it did not state that the appellee was in custody on the charge preferred against him, and that ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍the-grand jury of the county was not in session. These were jurisdictional facts, and the affidavit, which was the basis ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍of the prosecution, was fatally defective in omitting to aver the facts which authorized the court to assume and exercise ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‍jurisdiction. Burroughs v. The State, 72 Ind. 334; Lindsey v. The State, 72 Ind. 39; Davis v. The State, 69 Ind. 130.

Judgment affirmed.