Kidd v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted under an indictment which charged him with breaking and entering “certain cars” '“with intent to steal goods, wares, freight, and other things of value being therein.” He made a motion in arrest of judgment, upon the ground that the indictment was “null and void and insufficient in law,” because it does not allege: (a) “That the cars alleged to have been broken and entered were railroad cars;” (&) “that any goods, wares, freight, merchandise, or other thing of value were in said car or cars at the time of the alleged breaking and entering;” (c) “what thing…