State v. Woods
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Pratt District Court. The opinion states the material facts. From a conviction and sentence, at the January term, 1892, the defendant, Woods, appeals. 1. The court erred in requiring the defendant to enter a plea when there had been no preliminary examination had of the charges made against him.
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Appeal from Pratt District Court. The opinion states the material facts. From a conviction and sentence, at the January term, 1892, the defendant, Woods, appeals. 1. The court erred in requiring the defendant to enter a plea when there had been no preliminary examination had of the charges made against him. Section 5133, General Statutes of 1889, provides only for the filing of the information in the district coart in certain cases before complaint is made-before some magistrate and a preliminary hearing had. It does not dispense with a preliminary examination before the-defendant be put on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was a prosecution against John Woods, under §31 of the crimes act, for carnally and unlawfully knowing one Malvina Martin, a female under the age of 18 years. The defendant was convicted, and sentenced to confinement at hard labor in the penitentiary of the state for the term of five years. He appeals to this court.
I. It is contended that the trial court erred in requiring the defendant to plead to the information filed against him, because he had had no preliminary examination. This question is not properly here for our…
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