State v. Carr
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Rice District Court. On April 28, 1886, the county attorney of Rice county filed an information against the defendant, W. E. Carr, charging him with the crime of criminally libeling one John W. White. The information contains two counts.
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Appeal from Rice District Court. On April 28, 1886, the county attorney of Rice county filed an information against the defendant, W. E. Carr, charging him with the crime of criminally libeling one John W. White. The information contains two counts. The second is as follows: “I, the undersigned county attorney, in the name, by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, give information that on, to wit, the 3d day of December, 1885, in the said county of Rice and state of Kansas, the said W. E. Carr, whose given name is unknown, did then and there unlawfully, falsely and maliciously…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
In the condition in which we find the record in this case, it is impossible that we should consider but one of the very many questions raised by counsel for the defendant, and urged as good reasons for the reversal. There is no bill of exceptions. The rule that on a criminal appeal all matters that by law are not required to be recorded must be embodied in a bill of exceptions, allowed, signed, and ordered by the court to be a part of the record, has been totally ignored. So far as the statutory requirements of record have been complied with, we shall consider all…
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