Alyea v. State

Appellant and another were charged by affidavit with the offense of maintaining and assisting in maintaining a common nuisance. The affidavit was predicated on §20 of the prohibition law, Acts 1917 p. 15. He was tried separately by jury and was found guilty. The affidavit omitting the caption, signature and jurat is as follows: “Hugh Flint being duly sworn upon his oath says that on or about the * * * day of November, 1922, and on or about the * * * day of December, 1922, and on or about the * * * day ■of March, 1923, at and in the county of Decatur and State of Indiana, Thomas Robbins and…