Harris v. State ex rel. Brownlee

This was an action, in the Posey Circuit Court, on a forfeited recognizance.

The complaint is in two paragraphs. The first, after the usual introduction, says, that heretofore, to-wit, on the 15th day of February, 1874, one Isaac Thomas filed an affidavit before William H. Dent, a justice of the peace of said county, charging the defendant, Stephen Harris, with the crime of an assault and battery, with intent to murder, upon the person of one Henry Cox; that Harris was arrested and brought before the justice, who heard the evidence, found him guilty and recognized him to appear before the next…