Cranor v. State

The appellant was prosecuted in a criminal action before a justice of the peace, on the following affidavit, viz.:

“State of Indiana, Howard county, ss. Joseph Miller swears that on or about the 16th day of April, 1871, in said county, Leroy Cranor, as the affiant verily believes, did *65commit an assault and battery on the person of one Elizabeth Golding, by running a horse against and over said Elizabeth Golding, in violation of the peace and dignity of the law of the State of Indiana.

[Signed:] “J. H. Miller.”

The appellant was tried and convicted before the justice; and he appealed to the court…