Supreme Court of Missouri, 1859

State v. Gardner

State v. Gardner
Supreme Court of Missouri · Decided January 15, 1859 · Iardson, Napton, Rici, Scott
28 Mo. 90

State v. Gardner

Opinion of the Court

Rici-iardsoN, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The indictment not only charged the defendant generally in the words of the statute with being “ guilty of an open and notorious act of public indecency, grossly scandalous,” *91but specified with sufficient certainty the act that constituted the offence.

The indictment was sufficient, and the judgment will be affirmed;

Judge Scott concurring. Judge Napton absent.

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