Sabo v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor in an automobile. The record does not show that he was arraigned or that he entered a plea of any kind in the circuit court, as the statute requires, §2232 Burns 1926, §2068 Burns 1914, §197, ch. 169, Acts 1905 p. 584. And while the defendant might be tried in the circuit court on the affidavit filed with the mayor of Washington, that affidavit could not serve the purpose of a pleading in the circuit court until the approval of the prosecuting attorney was indorsed upon it. §2103 Burns 1926, §1940a…