Young v. State

Judge Wood

stated the case, and delivered the opinion of the-court;

At the February term of the court of common pleas of Frank - *442lin county, 1831, the grand jury returned an indictment against ■the plaintiff in error, containing six counts, founded on the several provisions of the act of January 4, 1814,- entitled “an act for •■the prevention of certain immoral practices.”

At the May term following, the defendant below was tried and ■convicted ; made his escape from custody, and the prosecution was -continued, as expressed in the record, “ said Young having escaped from the custody of the…