State v. Smith

This was an indictment for obtaining goods by false pretences.. It contained four counts, three of which were quashed on the defendant’s motion, and to the fourth a nolle prosequi was entered. The error alleged is the sustaining the motion to quash the three counts.

The first position taken by the defendant’s counsel in -fcindi*490cation of the decision on that motion is, that the four counts . in the indictment charged four distinct felonies, and therefore rendered it subject to be quashed at discretion.

In Weinzorpflin v. The State, 7 Blackf. 186, a felony under the laws of this state is defined…