Motsinger v. State

This was a prosecution by the State against the appellant, under the provisions of section 1926, R. S. 1881.

The court overruled a motion to quash the affidavit and information in the cause, and the appellant excepted.

The question presented for decision relates to the correctness of this ruling.

Omitting the caption, the affidavit charging the appellant with the crime for which he was tried is as follows: “James W. Barnett being duly sworn, upon his oath, says that William Motsinger, on the 1st day of November, 1889, at and within Washington county, in the State of Indiana, did then and there…