State v. Yardley

Sallie Yardley was indicted for *550obtaining accommodations, as a boarder, in the boarding house of Amanda Smith, in Knoxville, and thereafter unlawfully and surreptitiously removing hex-baggage and property from said boarding house, without the consent of the proprietor thereof or the payment of her bill. On motion of the defendant the indictment was quashed, and the State appealed in error.

The substance of the motion to quash is as follows: That the Act upon which the indictment is based is unconstitutional (1) because its subject is not stated in the title; (2) because the title embraces moré…