Evans v. State

In this case tlie indictment charged that the appellant, on the 15th day of September, 1877, at Boone county, Indiana, did then and there, unlawfully and feloniously, steal, take and ride away one gray horse, then and there the personal property of James M. Cross, of the value of one hundred dollars, contrary to the form of the statute, etc.

*69Upon arraignment, the appellant’s plea was that he was not guilty as charged in said indictment. The cause was tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned, finding the appellant guilty as charged, and assessing his punishment at a fine of one dollar,…