Campbell v. State

Indictment in two counts for obtaining money under false pretenses. Motion to quasb each count overruled. The defendant successfully moved the court to require the State to elect upon which count it would place the defendant upon trial. The State elected the first count. Conviction, and judgment of imprisonment in the Indiana Reformatory.

The errors assigned call in question the action of the court in overruling the motion to quash each count of the indictment.

Omitting the formal parts, the indictment follows: “First count. That one John "W. Campbell, late of said county, on the 22nd day of…