Colbert v. State

Ector, Presiding Judge.

Arthur Colbert, the appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted in the district court of Washington county, at its July term, 1876, for swindling, •and his punishment assessed at three years’ confinement in the penitentiary. It is charged in the indictment that the •offense was committed on the 10th day of June, 1876.

The defendant, in the court below, made a motion to ■quash the indictment:

“ 1st. Because it does not charge any offense known to, or defined by, the law.

“ 2d. Because the indictment is too vague, uncertain, and insufficient to put defendant upon trial.”

Whe…