State v. Schook

Nuessle, Ch. J.

The defendant was arrested on a forgery charge. He was taken before a magistrate for preliminary examination. He demanded that the testimony taken he reduced to writing. Thereafter he stipulated with the state

“That the proceedings in this preliminary hearing be taken down in shorthand . . . and that upon request of either party they shall be transcribed. . . .”

The hearing proceeded. Witnesses were examined. The testimony was taken down in shorthand in accordance with the stipulation. The magistrate bound the defendant over to the next term of the district court. Subsequently…