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State v. Sullivan County Agricultural Society

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided February 12, 1896No. 1,722PublishedCited by 7 opinions

From, the Sullivan Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.

This was an indictment in two counts against the Sullivan County Agricultural Society, under section 2173, R. S. 1894, for keeping a tenement for gaming.

The indictment was .quashed in the circuit court, and the State appeals.

Our criminal law is entirely statutory, and not of common law origin. Section 237, R. S. 1894; Beal v. State, 15 Ind. 378; Stephens v. State, 107 Ind. 185.

In this State a corporation cannot he indicted for a crime except as provided by statute. State v. Ohio, etc., R. W. Co., 23 Ind. 362.

Corporations may be prosecuted in this State for “erecting, continuing or maintaining…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Beal v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Stephens v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  3. State v. President & Directors of the Ohio & Mississippi RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
  4. State v. HouckIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
  5. State v. Baltimore, Ohio & Chicago RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Utah National Bank of Salt Lake City v. NelsonUtah Supreme Court · 1910
  2. State v. Terre Haute Brewing Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1917
  3. State v. FairbanksIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Acme Fertilizer Co. v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1905
  5. Golden Guernsey Farms, Inc. v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1945

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