Thompson v. State

According to the record, the copy of the accusation and the copy of the affidavit upon which it was based, which were attached to the motion in arrest of judgment, there was nothing irregular as to the name of the defendant, he being always named as John Thompson in each of these papers. However, the copy of the accusation, which is elsewhere sent up in the record, discloses that the defendant is named twice in each of the three counts, and the first time in each of the three counts the defendant’s name is spelled J-o-h-n T-h-o-m-p-s-o-n, and the second time in each of the three counts the…