Case Name: SOUTHARD v. STATE
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1926-06-16
Citations: 4 Ohio Law Abs. 553
Docket Number: No. 19898
Parties: SOUTHARD v. STATE
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 4
Pages: 553–553

Head Matter:
SOUTHARD v. STATE
No. 19898.
Supreme Court
Dock. June 16, 1926;
4 Abs. 404.
Attorneys — L. Levy for Southard; J. C. Cochrane for State; both of Toledo.

Opinion:
Pursuant to an indictment James H. Southard was convicted of first degree murder with a recommendation of mercy by the Lucas Com,mon Pleas which conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals.
The indictment contained in part the following allegations:
- -' - - the grand jury do find - - - that James H. Southard---while attempting to perpetrate a robbery---did unlawfully and purposely kill and murder---Fred Wengert by shooting him 'with a pistol contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided---".
Southard in the Supreme Court contends that the indictment was not sufficient for the following reasons:
1. Sufficient facts are not stated to show an attempt to commit a robbery.
2. The indictment is not framed with such certainty that a judgment may be pleaded in bar to any subsequent prosecution for the same offense.
3. The indictment does not state a positive charge against the accused and he is therefore uninformed fully concerning the crime with which he is charged.