Townsend v. State

The appellant was prosecuted before a justice of the peace by affidavit charging that on the 9th day of October, 1895, and at divers other times at said county of Blackford and State of Indiana, before that, he did then and there knowingly and unlawfully use, light, and burn natural gas for illuminating purposes in what is known as flambeau light.' The justice overruled a motion to quash the affida*624vit and upon a trial found the defendant guilty, assessing his fine at $1.00 and rendered judgment upon the finding and for costs, from which he appealed to the Blackford Circuit Court. He there…