State v. Snyder

In this case, the appellee was indicted upon a charge of having obtained his boarding and lodging for one week, by means of certain false pretences. The indictment contained two counts, as to the second of which counts the State, by its prosecuting attorney, with leave of the court, entered a nolle prosequi. The appellee moved the court to quash the first count of the indictment, upon the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a crime, under the laws of this State, which motion was sustained by the court, and to this decision the State, by its ¿ttorney, excepted.

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