Keefer v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Huntington Circuit Court; Samuel E. Cook, Judge. Prosecution by The State of Indiana against Henry Keefer. From a judgment of conviction, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, C. J.
Appellant was convicted before a justice of the peace on an affidavit charging him with maintaining a nuisance, by blasting stone in his stone-quarry, thereby casting rock upon the surrounding properties and highways. He appealed to the court below, where he was again convicted.
1. Appellant first insists that the court erred in overruling his motion to quash the affidavit. Section 2440 Burns 1908, Acts 1905 p. 584, §534, provides that “every person who shall erect, or continue and maintain any public nuisance, to the injury of any part of the citizens of this State, shall, on conviction, be…
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