Legal Opinion

Redman v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1820PublishedCited by 4 opinions

ERROR to the Floyd Circuit Court.-r-Indictment for an assault and battery. Plea, not guilty. Yerdict and judgment a.gainst the defendants below»,

1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.

The indictment charges the offence to have been-committed in Floyd county; and it appears by the record, that, on the trial, the Court admitted evidence of an imprisonment in the county of Clark. We are not informed whether or not this was the only evidence offered on the trial. If it was, the indictment could not he supported. If there was evidence of an of-fence in the county of Floyd, the additional evidence of a similar offence in the county of Clark, was calculated to make an impression on the minds of the jurors unfavourable to the accused. Such evidence haying been admitted by the…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. The United States v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1817

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Moulton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  2. Engleman v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1850
  3. Bonsall v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Scherer v. SchererIndiana Court of Appeals · 1899

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