State v. Rook
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Shawnee District Court. Prosecution for grand larceny. Trial at the April term, 1889. The defendant Book was found guilty, and sentenced for five years. He appeals. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
The appellant was convicted of grand larceny upon an information which charged that “John Rook . . . on the — day of March, A. D. 1889, did then and there unlawfully, willfully and feloniously take, steal and carry *420away one set of double harness of the value of $26, the personal property of P. Johnson; contrary to the statute,” etc.
The principal objection urged against the conviction is, that the information does not set forth the full Christian name of the owner of the property stolen, and in this connection it is urged that there was a…
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