Case Name: Shell vs. State
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1845-12
Citations: 6 Hum. 283
Docket Number: 
Parties: Shell vs. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 283–283

Head Matter:
Shell vs. State.
An indictment charging that defendant maliciously and unlawfully destroyed a pair of saddle bags, does not charge the commission of an indictable offence.
The indictment in this case charged that Adam E. Shell, in the county of Wayne “with force of arms, did unlawfully and maliciously, one pair of saddle bags, of the value of one dollar, the property of J. M. Staggs, destroy,” &c.
The defendant was found guilty by a jury, at the October term of the circuit court held for Wayne county, iri 1845.
The presiding Judge arrested the judgment, and the Attorney General, Rose, on behalf of the State, appealed.
Attorney General, for the State.
N. S. Brown, for defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
There is no offence charged in the indictment. Let the judgment be affirmed.