People v. Smith

The complaint upon which the warrant against the defendant issued was in writing and under oath, and was as follows:

“That one William Smith, at the town of Mohawk, in the county of Montgomery, aforesaid, on the 29th day of September, 1894, did feloniously, wrongfully, unjustly,' unlawfully, wickedly, willfully, corruptly, falsely, maliciously, and knowingly violate sections 528 and 532 of chapter 676 of the Laws of the state of New York passed July 20, 1881, entitled ‘An act to establish a Penal Code,’ as amended 1882, 1883, and amendatory thereto, in that, at the time and place aforesaid, he…