Connell v. State

The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of sodomy as defined by section 10-4221 Burns’ Ind. St. 1933, section 2603 Baldwin’s Ind. St. 1934. The indictment is in the language of the statute and charges the crime as therein defined. Sodomy is a crime the meaning of which is well known, and, as many courts have stated, its nature is too disgusting to be further defined.

This court has held many times that an indictment charging a crime in the language of the statute is sufficient. Further, it is held in Glover v. State (1913), 179 Ind. 459, 101 N. E. 629, 45 L. R. A. (N. S.)…