State v. Peters

In the matter of an indictment against one W. F. Peters in the court of common pleas of Portage county, Ohio, charging a violatioii of Section 17-1, General Code, a demurrer to the indictment was sustained on two grounds: (1) That the indictment did not state an offense; and (2) that the indictment was bad for duplicity. The defendant being discharged from custody, exceptions were filed in this court by the prosecuting attorney under Sections 13681 to 13684, inclusive, General Oode, to obtain the decision of this court to determine the law to govern similar cases.

Section 17-1, General Code,…