Legal Opinion

State v. West

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided October 30, 1911PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from the District Court of the First Judicial District for the County of Shoshone. lion. William W. Woods, Judge. Prosecution for voting in violation of the provisions of see. 360 of the Rev. Codes. From a judgment of conviction defendant appealed. The regular justice court procedure was adopted in violation of the provisions of see. 8, art. 1 of the constitution.

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APPEAL from the District Court of the First Judicial District for the County of Shoshone. lion. William W. Woods, Judge. Prosecution for voting in violation of the provisions of see. 360 of the Rev. Codes. From a judgment of conviction defendant appealed. The regular justice court procedure was adopted in violation of the provisions of see. 8, art. 1 of the constitution. (State v. Raaf, 16 Ida. 416, 101 Pac. 747.) The defendant in this case admits in his argument that the district court has original jurisdiction of an original misdemeanor, and consequently his motion in the lower court is not…

1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.

The appellant was convicted of violating see. 360 of the Rev. Codes. It was charged by the complaint that while she was an inmate of a house of ill-fame she regis*389tered and voted at an election held in the city of Wallace. From such conviction this appeal has been prosecuted.

On the 22d day of April, 1911, John H. Wourms, a practicing attorney in the city of Wallace, made and filed a complaint- with the clerk of the district court of Shoshone county, charging one Josie West, the appellant herein, with voting in violation of sec. 360 of the Rev. Codes. A warrant of arrest was thereupon issued by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. McGreeveyIdaho Supreme Court · 1909
  2. State v. RaafIdaho Supreme Court · 1909

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Fox ex rel. State v. FlynnIdaho Supreme Court · 1915
  2. State v. RuddellIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
  3. State v. WilmotIdaho Supreme Court · 1931
  4. State Ex Rel. Gundlach v. FeatherstoneIdaho Supreme Court · 1934
  5. State v. WindsorIdaho Supreme Court · 1985

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