State v. Johnson

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellants were indicted for aggravated battery and convicted of simple battery. For a reversal of the convictions, they rely on a motion to quash the indictment and three bills of exceptions.

The motion to quash is not to be found in the record. However, it appears from the minute entries of the proceedings below that such a motion was made and that it was overruled by the Court. The theory of the motion is that the indictment is defective in that the crime is alleged to have been committed with a knife. This, says counsel, presents an impossible situation *174because the knife…