Steele v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Steele v. State

5 Blackf. 110, 1839 Ind. LEXIS 33

DecidedMay 23, 1839

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Steele v. State, 5 Blackf. 110, 1839 Ind. LEXIS 33 (Ind. 1839).

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IT was held in this case, that so much of the sixth section of the act of the 7th of February, 1831, regulating fees and salaries, as directs the fine assessed upon an indictment for official negligence to be for the use of the informer, is unconstitutional ; and that the judgment on a verdict against the defendant on such indictment, should be for the sum of, &c. for the use of the county seminary.

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IT was held in this case, that so much of the sixth section of the act of the 7th of February, 1831, regulating fees and salaries, as directs the fine assessed upon an indictment for official negligence to be for the use of the informer, is unconstitutional ; and that the judgment on a verdict against the defendant on such indictment, should be for the sum of, &c. for the use of the county seminary.

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5 Blackf. 110, 1839 Ind. LEXIS 33, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/steele-v-state-ind-1839.