State v. Hughes

The defendant was indicted in the criminal court of Lafayette county for an attempt to commit a larceny, which was alleged in the indictment as follows: “ That Oliver Hughes on the 25th day of June, 1882, at, etc., did unlawfully and feloniously attempt to steal, take and carry away in and from the dwelling house of one James McLean there situate, $5 in money, of the value of $5, and divers other goods, chattels and valuable things of the value of $100,” etc. A motion to quash the indictment was overruled, and on a trial defendant was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to imprisonment in…