Orear v. State

Black, O. J.

— The appellant was prosecuted for the offense known as criminal provocation, the prosecution being commenced before a justice of the peace of Sugar Greek township, Boone county. Upon the application of the appellant, the venue was changed to a justice of the peace of J efferson township in that county. Before the latter justice the appellant .moved to quash the affidavit, on the ground, as stated in the transcript of the justice, that it did not state the township in which the crime was committed. This motion being overruled, the appellant pleaded guilty, whereupon the justice…