State v. Decker
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Dickinson District Court. The defendant, Orr Decker, was found guilty by the jury, and sentenced by the court to one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary, upon a criminal information which reads as follows, (omitting court and title:) “ In the name and by the authority of the state of Kansas, I, George W. Hurd, county attorney within and for said county of Dickinson and state of Kansas, do now here give the said court to understand and be informed that the…
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Appeal from Dickinson District Court. The defendant, Orr Decker, was found guilty by the jury, and sentenced by the court to one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary, upon a criminal information which reads as follows, (omitting court and title:) “ In the name and by the authority of the state of Kansas, I, George W. Hurd, county attorney within and for said county of Dickinson and state of Kansas, do now here give the said court to understand and be informed that the above-named defendants, James Bottomly and Orr Decker, on the 21st day of September, 1886, at and within said county of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivei’ed by
Valentine, J.:
The defendant, Orr Decker, was charged, along with James Bottomly, by information filed by the county attorney in the district court of Dickinson county, with *720the offense of attempting to obtain certain personal property by false pretenses. A motion was made to quash the information, which was overruled by the court. The charge against Decker was then tried before the court and a jury, and he was found guilty, as charged in the information. He then moved for a new trial, and also in arrest of judgment, which motions were overruled by the…
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