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14 Ind. 425

Block v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1860

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1860-06-09

<p>APPEAL from the Allen Court of Common Pleas.</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1908

2 state decisions

Relies on Sutton v. Fletcher

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Decided 1860-06-09

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Hanna, J.

¶1This was a prosecution for receiving usurious interest upon a loan of money.

L. C. Jacoby, for the appellant.J. E. McDonald, Attorney General, and A. L. Roache, for the state.

¶2The affidavit states that the defendant “ corruptly contracted for and received,” &p. The information does not contain an averment to that effect. A motion to quash was overruled. Trial and conviction.

¶3The motion to quash should have been sustained. To constitute the offense of usury, a corrupt or usurious intention is requisite. Sutton v. Fletcher, 6 Blackf. 362. Of course the corrupt or usurious intent should be charged in the information, which should be as certain as an indictment. Mount v. The State, 7 Ind. R. 654.—The State v. Miles, 4 id. 577.

Per Curiam.

¶4The judgment is reversed. Cause remanded, &c.

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