Hays v. State

The appellant was prosecuted lor obstructing a highway. Plea, not guilty. Verdict for the State, new trial refused, and judgment.

The only question in the case is, whether there was evidence sufficient to support the verdict. The information describes the highway as “ being commonly known as the river road, running from Mount Vernon in the direction of West Franklin.” The obstruction is alleged to have -been by building two fences across said road, where it passed through defendant’s farm, which lay immediately east of the west line of Marrs township, in said county.

On the part of the State,…