Gingerich v. State

DISSENTING OPINION.

Gilkison, J.

I dissent from the opinion filed in this case for the following reasons:

The defendant was prosecuted under the criminal laws of the State of Indiana by an affidavit filed in the court below, which omitting the caption, signature, verification and approval, reads as follows:

“Ruth Glassburn swears he is informed and believes that Chester Gingerich and Mattie Gingerich, on or about the 12th day of November, 1947, at and in Jay County, State of Indiana, did then and there unlawfully being the parents of one Joseph Gingerich a child under the full age of sixteen (16)…