State v. Cooper

An information based upon the affidavit of Harry Blue, charging William Cooper and Perry Cooper with a conspiracy to commit a felony, was' presented to the Sullivan Circuit Court at its June term, 1883. The defendants pleaded in abatement that no such person as Harry Blue, by whom the affidavit purported to be signed and sworn to, existed at the time it was made, but that the person who signed and swore to it was one Henry, alias Harry, Little. A demurrer was overruled to the plea, and the State refusing to reply or plead further, it was ordered by the court that the defendants be discharged…