Legal Opinion

Patrick v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1908PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to the District Court, Natrona County, HoN. Charles E. Carpenter, Judge. ■ The facts are stated in the opinion. The court was without jurisdiction. A warrant was issued without any copy of complaint or information attached, and was served in a different county.

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Error to the District Court, Natrona County, HoN. Charles E. Carpenter, Judge. ■ The facts are stated in the opinion. The court was without jurisdiction. A warrant was issued without any copy of complaint or information attached, and was served in a different county. The information showed upon its face that the defendant was not guilty and that from natural causes no one could be guilty of importing from without the state into Natrona County any live stock, that being an interior county of the state. The section under which the prosecution was brought is void for defect in the title of the…

1Opinion of the Court

BeaRd, Justice.

An information was filed by the county and prosecuting attorney of Natrona County in the district court of that county charging the plaintiff in error, E. W. Patrick, with the crime of bringing into the state sheep that were infected with scab. The charge contained in the information being as follows: “that E. W. Patrick, late of the county aforesaid, on or about the sixth day of December, A. D. 1906, in the County of Natrona, in the State of Wyoming, did *264wilfully and knowingly bring into the State of Wyoming and County of Natrona and did willfully and knowingly cause to be…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. HusenSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Reid v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1902

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. MorganSupreme Court of Colorado · 1926
  2. Waxler v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Reynolds v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1916
  4. "W" Sheep Co. v. Pine Dome Oil Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Lambert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1960

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