Shoffner v. State

— This was a criminal prosecution, upon affidavit and information, under section 2039, R. S. 1881, for suffering a county poor-house to become foul and unclean., The record of the proceedings in the court below, as recorded by the clerk, notes the appearance of the prosecuting attorney for the State, and of the defendant in person, and states that the defendant, Tetmany Shoffner, moved to quash the information; that the motion was overruled, whereupon the defendant waived an arraignment and pleaded not guilty; *520that a trial by a jury resulted in a verdict of guilty, assessing the fine at…