State v. House
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Knox Circuit Court; Benjamin M. Willoughby, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against James M. House, as mayor of the city of Vincennes. From a judgment of acquittal, the state appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
— By affidavit filed in the Knox Circuit Court by one 'Joseph W. Kimmell, the appellee, James M. House, mayor of the city of Vincennes, was charged with certain alleged official misconduct, principally in neglecting to enforce the criminal laws of the state. By this affidavit the maker invoked the provisions of §240 of an act approved March 6, 1905, entitled “An Act concerning municipal corporations.” Acts 1905 p. 219, 386, §8894 Burns 1914.
It appears that Kimmell, at the time of making, and filing this affidavit, November 29, 1916, was the prosecuting attorney for the Twelfth judicial…
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