State v. Geiger

— The defendant was, upon an information filed by the prosecuting attorney, convicted of the offense of selling intoxicating liquors in violation of the local-option law. This conviction was had before a justice, whose docket entry of the proceedings fails to show that defendant was ever arraigned before him, or that any plea of guilty or not guilty was made by him and entered upon his docket, as required by section 2043 of the Revised Statutes of 1879, then in force. Defendant appealed to the circuit court, and gave a recognizance with sureties on such appeal. On the day, when the cause was…