Rice v. State

In June, 1855, Abram Rice was convicted, in the Tippecanoe Circuit Court, holden by the honorable John Pettit as judge thereof, of the murder of Cephas Fahrenbaugh. The county of Tippecanoe was a part of the twelfth judicial circuit, created by the legislature of 1855. Acts of 1855, p. 68. Rice has appealed to this Court, and here asks a reversal of the judgment and sentence passed against him below:

1. Because the act creating the twelfth judicial circuit is unconstitutional.

2. Because the appointment of judge Pettit was invalid.

3. Because the Court erred in refusing to set aside two jurors…