Indiana Supreme Court, 1862

Smith v. State

Smith v. State
Indiana Supreme Court · Decided November 15, 1862
19 Ind. 227

Smith v. State

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Information against the appellant for a rape. Trial and conviction. The judgment against the accused must be reversed. The information alleges no facts giving the Court jurisdiction, either the consent of the accused, or otherwise. That the information must allege the facts giving jurisdiction, as they are traversable, has been decided in numerous cases.

The judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded.

The clerk will give the proper notice for a return of the prisoner to Kosciusko county.

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