State v. Elswood

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, C. J.

Defendant was convicted of the crime of rape and from the judgment and sentence imposed has prosecuted this appeal.

*454His first attack is upon the information, of which the substantial part was in the following language:

“ Comes now C. A. Mantz, county and prosecuting attorney for Stevens county, state of Washington, and by this his information charges the defendant Henry Elswood of the crime of rape committed as follows, to-wit: The said Henry Elswood in Stevens county, state of Washington, on to-wit the 26th day of July, 1895, and before the…