Legal Opinion

Norton v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1881No. 8934PublishedCited by 12 opinions

From the Gibson Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.

Appeal from a judgment of conviction of the crime of burglary entered against appellant. It is here *338insisted that the indictment is defective, and should have been quashed on the appellant’s motion. The offence is charged to have been committed by a burglarious entrance into the office of the Terre Haute and Evansville Railroad Company. The specific objection urged is that the indictment does not show ‘ ‘whether the Terre Haute and Evansville Railroad Company was a corporation, partnership or stock company.” The argument of appellant’s counsel is conclusively answered by the case of Johnson…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Johnson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. WatsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  2. People v. SteffnerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
  3. State v. MissioTennessee Supreme Court · 1900
  4. State v. RozeboomSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  5. Robinson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1916

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