State v. Sheridan

*166, WEONGFUI/ mission of" tainedihere-by' *165The defendant, an. ice dealer, was charged with having maliciously injured or destroyed a quantity of ice belonging to a competitor in business by putting upon it a large quantity of salt. The prosecuting witness claiming that his ice had been maliciously destroyed, and, having been informed that appellant bought a barrel of salt from a local merchant a day or two before that date, filed a preliminary information before a justice of the peace, and caused a warrant to issue for the appellant’s arrest. At the same time the prosecuting witness filed an…