Court Opinion

ID: 6732842
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 23:14:38.701752+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:01:41.160892
License: Public Domain

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.