State v. Flick

Defendant was charged in an information filed by the prosecuting attorney of Cole county, with keeping a bawdyhouse. The information was filed by the prosecutor upon the complaint of a number of citizens who had filed their affidavit with the clerk of the circuit court. Defendant was found not guilty, whereupon the court rendered judgment against complainants for the costs. There was a motion to retax which being refused, the complainants appealed.

It is provided in section 5095, R. S. 1909, that no indictment for trespass not amounting to a felony, except for petit larceny, or for libel or…