Harbin v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1854

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1854-12-18

<p>APPEAL from the Knox Circuit Court.</p>

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Decided 1854-12-18

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Per Curiam.

¶1Indictment for assault and battery, found in the Knox Circuit Court, at the March term, 1853. Plea, not guilty. Trial by the Court, and judgment for the state.

¶2This judgment can not be sustained. An act, approved January 16,1849, gave to the justices of the peace of Knox county “exclusive original jurisdiction of all cases of” assault and battery within that county. This act was unrepealed and in force when the present indictment was found. Acts of 1849, p. 78. It follows that the offence was not within the jurisdiction of the Knox Circuit Court.

¶3The judgment is reversed.