State v. Gleason

The opinion of the court was delivered by.

Scott, J.

The defendant was tried upon an ordi*510nary complaint, in substance such as is used before a justice of the peace, in the municipal court of the city of Spokane, and convicted of the crime of assault and battery, and was fined in the. sum of $500. From this judgment he appealed to the superior court, and therein moved to quash all the proceedings, and for his discharge, because the court had no jurisdiction to try him without an information or indictment first having been found or presented against him. This motion was denied and he was again…