State v. Trove

The appellee was arrested and tried before a justice of the peace upon an affidavit charging him with obstructing a public highway. The trial before the justice resulted in finding appellee guilty and assessing his fine at $5 and costs. Appellee appealed to the Porter Circuit Court. In the circuit court the case was tried by a jury, and after all the evidence had been heard the counsel for the appellee moved the court to direct the jury to find in favor of the appellee, and the court, over the objections and exceptions of the State, instructed the jury as follows, which were all the…