Commonwealth v. Mosser
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Trimble Circuit Court. Chas. C. Marshall, Circuit Judge. Indictment dismissed on demurrer aud the Commonwealth lappeals. We submit that as the offense of manslaughter was charged and sufficiently described in the indictment, the word “maliciously” did n'ot nor could either mislead or prejudice the accused, and consequently should not be held to vitiate or impair the indictment.
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Appeal from Trimble Circuit Court. Chas. C. Marshall, Circuit Judge. Indictment dismissed on demurrer aud the Commonwealth lappeals. We submit that as the offense of manslaughter was charged and sufficiently described in the indictment, the word “maliciously” did n'ot nor could either mislead or prejudice the accused, and consequently should not be held to vitiate or impair the indictment. In our opinion there was no ground foi either demurrer or motion in arrest of judgment, and as we preceive no other error in the record, the judgment is affirmed. AUTHORITIES CITED. Roberson’s Criminal Law,…
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Opinion op the Court by
Chiep Justice Settle
Affirming.
The following indictment was found and returned against the appellee by -the- grand jury of Trimble county: “The grand jurors of'the county of Trimble in the name land by the authority o-f the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Harry Mosser of the crime of manslaughter, committed in manner and form as follows, to-wit:' The said Harry Mosser in the said .county of Trimble on the --- day of September., 1908, and before the finding of -this indictment, did unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously kill Mattie Hensley by shooting the said Mattie…
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