State v. Brown
Decision Date | 01 January 1867 |
Citation | 12 Minn. 393 |
Parties | STATE OF MINNESOTA v. G. ADDISON BROWN. |
Court | Minnesota Supreme Court |
W. M. Colvill, Atty. Gen., for the State.
E. St. Julien Cox, for defendant.
The indictment in this case is in the following form:
Names of witnesses examined before the grand jury: George Hezlep, William G. Gresham. (Indorsed correctly.)
To the indictment the defendant demurred, on the ground that there is no offence charged therein. The demurrer having been overruled, and the defendant tried and found guilty, he moved in arrest of judgment, because (1) the indictment does not charge an offence; (2) the offence sought to...
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