State v. Owen

Chapter 99, of Laws 1919, under which the respondent was sentenced, was an act in amendment of c. 147, Laws 1917, of which ss. 25 and 26 provided: “Sect. 25. It shall be the duty of the court before whom an offense against any provision of this act is returned, upon having its attention called to the fact, and proof made, that the respondent has been previously convicted of a violation of this act, or amendments therpto, to quash the complaint, information or indictment, and cause a complaint or information to be made by the county solicitor for a second offense, and have the same served and…