State v. Tuley

The defendant, Tuley, was indicted by the grand jury at the April term of the Circuit Court within and for the county of Clay, in the year 1854, for neglect of duty as a road overseer. The defendant demurred to the indictment. The court sustained the demurrer, and the State brings the case here by appeal.

The sufficiency of the indictment is the only matter for the consideration of this court. The indictment is as follows :

“ State of Missouri, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Clay county, to-wit — In the Circuit Court of Clay County, in the state of Missouri, of April term, A. D. 1854. The grand jurors…