State v. Capps

On April 6, 1925, the Prosecuting Attorney of Dent County, Missouri, filed in the circuit court of said county a verified information, which, without caption, signature and jurat, reads as follows:

"Clyde C. Cope, prosecuting attorney within and for the County of Dent and State of Missouri, upon his oath of office, information and belief, informs the court that Willie Capps and Dewey Williams, on or about the 18th day of February, 1925, at and in the County of Dent, and State of Missouri, in and upon one Eli Cook, with deadly weapons, to-wit, firearms loaded with gunpowder and metallic balls,…