State v. Wolf
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Beaverhead County; Jos. C. Smith, Judge. Harry Peter Wole was convicted of tbe crime of sedition' and appeals from tbe judgment.
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Appeal from District Court, Beaverhead County; Jos. C. Smith, Judge. Harry Peter Wole was convicted of tbe crime of sedition' and appeals from tbe judgment. Tbe information does not contain a statement of facts in ordinary and concise language, in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended (Rev. Codes, sec. 9147, subd. 2); nor to apprise tbe defendant of tbe particular circumstances of tbe offense (sec. 9149, subd. 3); nor is tbe offense stated with such degree of certainty as to enable the court to pronounce judgment (sec. 9156, subd. 7). It is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Coopee
An information was filed against the defendant below, under Chapter 11 of the Laws of the Fifteenth Extraordinary Session of the Legislative Assembly of 1918. His demurrer to the information was overruled, a trial had, and judgment of .conviction followed. The appeal is from the judgment.
Appellant contends that the overruling of his demurrer, the overruling of his objection to the introduction of any testimony upon the trial, and the denial of his motion in arrest of judgment, were all reversible errors. If the information fails to state a public offense under said Act, the result must be a…
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