Sloan v. State

This was an information against Patrick, George and Albert Sloan, charging them with having committed a riot, by acting in a violent and tumultuous manner towards one Shields. Patrick Sloan, the appellant, was separately tried and convicted. • Upon his trial, he offered George and Albert, who had not been convicted, as witnesses. Their admission was resisted, and the Court excluded them, on the ground of incompetency.

The question involved in this ruling, is settled in Everett v. The State, 6 Ind R. 495. The proposed witnesses were competent, and it was error to exclude their testimony. 2 R.…