Croy v. State

The appellant was convicted on an indictment for malicious trespass in giving a quantity of arsenic to six head of horses, the personal property of Joshua Morgan, and thereby causing their death.

The indictment is objected to on the ground that it does not allege with sufficient certainty the ownership of the property.

It alleges, that the appellant, on, &c., at, &c., administered, &c., “ a certain deadly poison, commonly called arsenic, to six horses of the personal property of Joshua Morgan.” This is certainly a direct averment that the horses belonged to Joshua Morgan.

A motion for a new…