Weaver v. State

The indictment against the appellant, in this case, contained two counts. In the first count he was charged with an unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor to one William Trick, a person under the age of twenty-one years; and in the second count the charge was that he unlawfully gave away intoxicating liquor to the same minor.

The parties appeared, and, after a jury had been empanelled and sworn to try the cause, the court discovered that there had been no arraignment of the appellant, and that he had not pleaded to the indictment. Thereupon, by order of *290the court, the_ appellant was, over his…