Indiana Supreme Court, 1881

State v. Henderson

State v. Henderson
Indiana Supreme Court · Decided June 17, 1881 · Elliott
1 Ind. L. Rep. 627

State v. Henderson

Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

Mr. Justice Elliott.

This appeal is prosecuted by the State, and calls in question the correctness of the ruling of the court below sustaining appellee’s motion to quash.

The affidavit was insufficient, for the reason that it did not state that the appellee was in custody on the charge preferred against him, and that the grand jury of the county was not in session. There were jurisdictional facts, and the affidavit, which was the basis of the prosecution, was fatally defective in omitting to aver the facts which authorized the court to assume and exercise jurisdiction. State v. Burroughs (last term); Lindsey v. State, 72 Ind. 39; Lams v. State, 69 Ind. 130.

Judgment affirmed.

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