People v. Norman

The defendants were convicted of operating an automobile upon the public highways without the own er’s consent, a felony. The court denied their motion for a new trial and pronounced judgment, from which this appeal was taken. The ground urged for reversal is that the defendants were not legally committed by a magistrate.

The proceedings upon which they rely are as follows: The prosecution was begun in the usual manner and after a preliminary examination before a magistrate the defendants were held to answer for “driving an automobile without the owner’s consent. ’ ’ An information was filed…