Humphries v. Johnson

This was an action of trespass, guare clausum fregit, by the appellees against the appellants. The cause was commenced in the county of Green, and taken by change of venue to Parke county for trial. The pleadings seem to have been filed and the issues made up under the old system *191of practice, but the. cause was tried under the new. There are four counts in the declaration, charging in different ■modes, that the defendants, being twelve in number, with ■force and arms broke and entered the plaintiffs’ close, situate, &c., and then and there with guns, axes, dirk knives, and other weapons,…