Duty v. State

The appellant was tried and convicted in the court below, for certain official misconduct in the discharge of his duties in connection with the office of township trustee.

But two errors are assigned, viz:

1. The overruling of the motion to quash the indictment.

2. The overruling of the motion for a new trial.

The indictment charges, after the formal part, that the appellant, on the 31st day of October, 1890, at the county *596of Shelby, and State of Indiana, was the duly elected, qualified and acting trustee of Liberty township in said county and State, and that he did “then and there unlawfully…