Myers v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Johnson Circuit Court; W. J. Buckingham, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Chris Myers. Prom a judgment of conviction, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1393 Burns 1908, Acts 1907, p. 237, §2.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
Appellant was convicted on an indictment charging him, in a single count, with maintaining a nuisance. His • motion to quash the indictment, on the ground that two distinct, substantive offenses were charged in the same count, was overruled. The prosecution is under section 535 of the act concerning public offenses (Acts 1905, pp. 584, 709, §2441 Burns 1908), which, so far as the same affects the averments of the indictment, is as follows: “Whoever erects, continues, uses or maintains any building, structure or place for the exercise of any trade, employment or business, * * * which, by…
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