State v. Smallwood

The defendant, Jesse Smallwood, and one Jacob Smallwood, were indicted in the Adair circuit court, at its February term, 1877, for obtaining property under false pretenses. At the instance of defendant the venue of the cause was changed to the Scotland circuit court, where, at the May term, 1877, thereof, he was put upon his trial, *193which, resulted in his conviction, and the assessment of his punishment to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. From this judgment he appeals, and seeks a reversal of the judgment because of an alleged insufficiency of the indictment.

The indictment charges…