People v. Vysther

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH

delivered the opinion of the conrt.

Defendant seeks reversal of a judgment entered after trial on an information without a jury. He was convicted of falsely representing himself to be a police officer, and was placed on probation.

The contention is that the information failed to allege that defendant had falsely stated that he was a police officer; that omission of the word “falsely” from the information rendered it void; and that all proceedings based thereon were, therefore, a nullity. The information, which was filed December 18, 1962, charged the defendant as…