State v. Comer
Indiana Supreme Court
E'rom Clinton Circuit Court.; J. V. Kent, Judge. James Comer was indicted for selling liis vote, and from a judgment discharging defendant, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.
Appellee was charged by indictment with selling his vote, in violation of §1, Acts 1899, p. 381, being §2329 Burns 1901. Appellee filed a plea in abatement to *612the indictment, to which plea appellant demurred for want of facts. The court overruled the demurrer, and appellant filed a reply in two paragraphs. A demurrer for want of facts to each paragraph of reply was sustained, and final judgment rendered discharging appellee. The errors assigned call in question the action of the court in overruling appellant’s demurrer to the plea in abatement, and in sustaining appellee’s demurrer to each…
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