Evans v. State

— This was a prosecution against the appellant, for being found in a public place in a state of intoxication.

The indictment charged, that “ one Wade H. Evans, late,” etc., “ on or about the 10th day of September, A. D. 1876, at,” etc., “being then and there a person of sound mind, was then and there found in a public place, to wit: Near Velshan’s drug store, on Main street, in the town of Brownsburg, in,” etc., “in an unlawful state of intoxication.”

There was a plea of not guilty; a trial by a jury; a verdict of guilty, fixing the fine at two dollars; and, over a motion in arrest, a judgment…