State v. Griffin

In the above entitled case the appellee was charged in the Lawrence Circuit Court by affidavit which, omitting caption, signature and verification is as follows:

“Lester W. Hayes, being duly sworn, on oath, on information, and belief, says that at and in the county of Lawrence and State of Indiana, on the 2nd day of August, 1947, one Bert Griffin, late of said County, being a male person, did then and there visit a gambling house, then and there being contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana.”

Appellee filed a…