State v. Leonard

This is an indictment against the defendant, under the S4th and 38th sections of the second article of the act concerning crimes and punishments, (R. C. 1845, p. 350, 351). The defendant appeared and pleaded not guilty. Upon a trial, the jury found the defendant guilty on the first count of the indictment, and not on the second, and assessed his punishment at afine of five hundred dollars.

The only questions then that arise in this case are on the first count, and these questions, giving the'defendant the benefit of every thing that is found on the record, relate in the first place to the…