State v. Voshall

Indictment for a riot. The indictment charges that the grand jurors empannelled and sworn in the Ripley Circuit Court to inquire in and for the body of the county of Ripley, upon their oath present that on the 29th day of August, in the year 1850, at the county aforesaid, Frank Jobe, John Murphy and James P. Voshall riotously, routously and unlawfully gathered and assembled together, and then and there did riotously, &c., make a great noise, tumult and disturbance, to the terror of the citizens, &c., contrary, &c.

Upon the defendants’ motion, the indictment was quashed. It is contended that no…