State v. Jordan

The defendant, Charles Jordan, was indicted at the September term, 1852, of the Circuit Court for the county of Dunklin, for making an assault upon one Hiram Langton, with intent to kill. At the March term, 1853, the defendant appeared and moved the court to quash the indictment. The court sustained his motion. The State, by her circuit attorney, excepted, and brings the case here by appeal.

The only question presented by the record is, the sufficiency of the indictment. In the indictment it is charged, “ that Charles Jordan, late of the county of Dunklin, on, &c., with force and arms, at,…