Case Name: The State v. M'Whinney
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1840-07-28
Citations: 5 Blackf. 364
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. M’Whinney.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 5
Pages: 364–364

Head Matter:
The State v. M’Whinney.
It is not material' to the offence of failing to file a certificate of the solemnization of a marriage, &c., that a marriage license should have issued.
Tuesday, July 28.
ERROR to the Wayne Circuit Court.
W. J. Peasley,'for the state.
J. S. Newman, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Blackford, J.
Indictment against a justice of the peace for not filing a certificate of the solemnization of a marriage, &c. The Circuit Court, on the defendant's motion, quashed the indictment.
. Two objections are made to the indictment. 1. It'does not state that the marriage license was sealed; 2. It does not give the name of the clerk who issued the license.
These objections are not well founded. The offence is for not filing in the clerk's office a certificate of the solemnization of the marriage,, within the proper time. It is riot material to the offence; that a license should have.issued.
Per Curiam.
The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.