Ford v. State

Appellant was jointly indicted in the Madison Circuit Court with John Cottrell and James T. Ford. In the- first count of the indictment, the three parties are charged with the burning of a mill, the property of James and "William Woodward. In the second count, Cottrell is charged with burning the mill, and the Fords are charged as accessories before the fact.

Upon a change of venue, appellant was tried and convicted in the Hamilton Circuit Court. He questioned the sufficiency of the indictment by a motion to quash, and by a motion in arrest of judgment. He assigns as errors in this court the…