Crosby v. State

An affidavit was made against the appellant before a justice of the peace, charging him with unlawfully having liquor in his possession. In this court he was convicted, and appealed to the circuit court, and was again tried and convicted, from which judgment of conviction this appeal is here prosecuted.

The testimony introduced in his trial in the circuit court fails to show in what justice of the peace district of the county the alleged offense was committed. This was a fatal omission on the part of the state. It is necessary for the state to prove that the alleged offense was committed…