State v. Brannan

Opinion by

Lewis, J.,

full bench concurring.

The defendants were indicted, tried, and found guilty upon a charge of an attempt to commit the crime of grand larceny, an *239offense recognized by the statute of this State. The case comes before this Court on a bill of exceptions, in which many errors are .complained of. But the principal point relied on is insufficiency of the indictment, which it is claimed is so defective that no judgment could properly be rendered upon it. An indictment should set out all the prominent facts and circumstances constituting the crime charged against the defendant. It…