Walton v. State
64 Miss. 207
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Bluebook
Walton v. State, 64 Miss. 207 (Mich. 1886).
Opinion
delivered the opinion of the court.
The motion to quash the indictment should have been sustained. The words spoken constituted the gist of the offense, and should have been set out in the indictment. 3 Bishop on Cr. Proc. 123; 1 Wharton on Cr. L. 351; Steuer v. The State, 59 Wis. 472.
Judgment reversed and indictment quashed.
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