Tripp v. State

Tripp and another presented a petition to the judge of the superior court, for certiorari, which was sanctioned; and it appeared by the answer of the judge of the county court, that Henry Tripp and Albert Tripp were indicted in the superior court of Morgan county for the offense of riot; that the same was transferred to the county court where the defendants were tried. The bill of indictment charged the defendants with committing “an act of a violent and tumultuous manner,” by riding by the dwelling-house of L. T. Osborn and firing off pistols and shooting into a tenement-house of said…