Bonnell v. State

At the March term, 1878, of the Jennings Circuit Court, the appellant was indicted, for obtaining a certain thing of value by certain false pretences.

The indictment contained two counts.

The appellant moved the court to quash the indictment, which motion was overruled, and to this ruling he excepted. On arraignment, his plea to the indictment was, that he was not guilty as therein charged.

The cause was tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned finding him guilty as charged in the first count of the indictment, and assessing his fine at one cent; and that he be imprisoned in the state-prison…