Hunt v. State

Crumpacker, J. —

This is a prosecution under the statute for the prevention of cruelty to animals. The affidavit charges that on the 10th day of December, 1890, in Sullivan county, Indiana, Arthur Hunt did then and there “ unlawfully and cruelly shoot and injure a certain dog,” the, property of one Clinton Bicknell, “ by then and there shooting said dog with leaden shot and killing him.”

The trial resulted in a conviction of the defendant, and he appeals.

‘No question is raised respecting the sufficiency of the affi*384davit, so we intimate no opinion thereon. But it is contended that the evidence…