McGinnis v. State

This was a prosecution instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Vanderburgh County, at the May term, 1865, against Peter McGinnis, for grand larceny, in stealing, among other articles, one United States treasury note, of the denomination and value of $10, the personal property of Andrew J. Harvey. The information alleged that the defendant was confined in the county jail, on a charge of having committed said larceny, and that he had not been indicted therefor by the grand jury of the county.

The crime is alleged to have been committed on the 4th day of May, 1865, and the information was…