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74 Ind. 23

State v. Henderson

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1881

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1881-05-15

<p>Criminal Law. — Prosecution by Affidavit and Information. — In a prosecution by affidavit and information, the affidavit must state that the defendant is in custody on the charge preferred against him, and that the grand jury of the county is not in session.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1882

1 state decisions

Relies on Davis v. State · Lindsey v. State · Burroughs v. State

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Decided 1881-05-15

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Elliott, J.

¶1This appeal is prosecuted by the State, and calls in question the correctness of the ruling of the court below in sustaining appellee’s motion to quash.

¶2The 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. These 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. Burroughs v. The State, 72 Ind. 334; Lindsey v. The State, 72 Ind. 39; Davis v. The State, 69 Ind. 130.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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