Evarts v. State

This was a prosecution of the appellant, "by affidavit and information, for selling intoxicating liquor to a minor. Motion to quash overruled; trial by jury; conviction, and judgment.

It is objected that the information is defective in not sufficiently stating the venue, in this, that it does not show that the liquor was sold in the State of Indiana.

The information is entitled as follows:

“State of Indiana, Randolph county: In the Randolph. Circuit Court, October term, 1874.”

The liquor is charged to have been sold “ at said county of' Randolph ” without again mentioning the State. As the State…