Case Name: The State v. Benson
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1871-11
Citations: 38 Ind. 60
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Benson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 60–60

Head Matter:
The State v. Benson.
Criminal LAW.—Criminal Court.—Indictment.—All prosecutions for violations of the criminal law, whether felonies or misdemeanors, originating in the criminal court, must be by indictment.
APPEAL from the Jefferson Criminal Court.
D. E. Williamson, Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
Worden, C. J.
This was a prosecution against the appellee, originating in the court below, for disturbing a religious meeting. The prosecution was by information, which was quashed in the court below, and the State brings the cause here to settle the practice, as we suppose.
We are of opinion that all prosecutions for violations of the criminal law, whether felonies or misdemeanors, originating in the several criminal courts of the State, must be by indictment, and not by information. The information was correctly' quashed.
The judgment is affirmed.