State v. Ellison

Information against the defendant, charging that “ on the first day of December, 1856, at said county, Andrew Ellison did maliciously and mischievously kill and cause to be killed one colt, the property of one Lorenzo Whitted, of the value ©f 35 dollars, contrary,” &c.

The information, on motion of defendant, was quashed, and the state excepted, and appeals to this Court.

We discover no defect in the information, and none has been pointed out, no brief having been filed for the appellee. We are not advised upon what ground the information was quashed, except from the brief of counsel for the…