¶1Indictment for an assault and battery, returned at the April term, 1850.
¶2At the October term, 1850, the defendant moved to quash the indictment, The motion was overruled. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment against the defendant.
¶3Jennings is one of the counties in which, by the act of January 16, 1849, exclusive original jurisdiction in assault and battery is vested in justices of the peace.
¶4The indictment should have been quashed. Sprigs v. The State, 2 Ind. R. 75.—The State v. Lackey, id. 285.—Smith v. The State, ante, p. 500.
¶5The judgment is reversed.