Case Name: Wilson v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1863-05
Citations: 20 Ind. 384
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wilson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 384–385

Head Matter:
Wilson v. The State.
Criminal Law and Practice. — An information for arson, which contains an averment in these words : “ and the said A A is in the Vigo county jail on the charge of said felony, and not indicted by the grand jury,” sufficiently shows that no indictment had been returned by the grand jury against the defendant on that charge.
APPEAL from the Vigo Common Pleas.

Opinion:
Hanna, J.
One Thomas and said Wilson were brought before said Court upon an affidavit charging them with the crime of arson. Said information, after charging the commission of the offence, concludes as follows: "and the said Harriett Thomas and Margaret Wilson are in the Vigo county jail on the charge of said larceny, and not indicted by the grand jury. '
The point made is, that the latter clause of said sentence, " and not indicted by the grand jury," does not negative the fact that such an indictment might have been found and in some manner disposed of, either by a nol pros., or by being quashed; that if such had, in point of fact, been the condition, the said Court could not have taken jurisdiction. Passing over this part of the question, we are of opinion that the construction placed, by the defendant, upon the language is not proper. It appears to us that it sufficiently avers that an indictment had not been presented by the grand jury against the defendant upon that'charge.
McDonald $ Poache, for the .appellant.
Oscar B. PLord, Attorney General, for the State.
Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed.