Frazee v. State

The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of the court below, at its Fall term, 1876.

Omitting all merely formal matters, the indictment charged, that, on the 15th day of October, 18,76, in Fayette county, Indiana, the appellant “ then and there un*9lawfully lost and paid to one Samuel Oaldwell twenty-five dollars, by then and there unlawfully betting and wagering with said Samuel Oaldwell, for said twenty-five dollars, upon the result of a certain election had and held on the 10th day of October, A. D. 1876, in the State of Indiana, for the election of a Governor for said State.”

The…