White v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.

On January 12, 1937, R.V. Jenkins, one of the defendants in this action, swore to an information before the municipal judge of the city of Portland, and ex officio justice of the peace, accusing "John Doe and Richard Roe, whose true names are unknown", of the crime of assault and robbery, being armed with a dangerous weapon. Acting upon this information, the municipal judge on January 12, 1937, signed a "warrant of arrest" for "John Doe and Richard Roe, whose true names are unknown". No other description of the accused individuals was given, either in the information or the warrant of arrest.…