Lennard v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Wayne Circuit Court; William A. Bond, Judge Pro Tern. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against John Lennard. From a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTravis, J.
This was a prosecution for an alleged violation of §4 of the act known as the “Prohibition Law,” Acts 1917 p. 15, §8356a et seq. Burns’ Supp. 1918, instituted in the Wayne Circuit Court. There was a verdict of guilty.
This appeal is prosecuted on one question of law, which arose upon the overruling of appellant’s motion to quash the indictment against him for the reasons: (1) The facts stated in the indictment do not constitute a public offense, (2) the indictment does not state the offense with sufficient certainty.
The indictment, omitting the formal parts, is as follows : “And then and there…
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