State v. Shaw

The indictment in this case was dismissed in the court below on motion of the defendant there to quash.

The indictment reads as follows:

*537“State of Tennessee, Monroe County.

“Circuit Court Term, January, 1904.

“The grand jurors for the State aforesaid, being duly summoned, elected, impanelled, sworn and charged to inquire for the body of the county aforesaid, upon their oaths present:

“That William Shaw, heretofore, to wit, on the — day of March, 1904, in the county aforesaid, did unlawfully, knowingly and willfully destroy and carry away the rails and boards, wood and other lumber, the property of…