State v. Reno
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Finney District Court. On September 13, 1887, the county attorney of Finney county filed in the district court of that county a criminal information, which, omitting title and signature, reads as follows: “I, W. R. Hopkins, county attorney of said Finney county, in the name, by the authority, and in behalf of the state of Kansas, come here now and give the court to understand and be informed: “That on the 1st day of August, 1887, and at divers other times and…
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Appeal from Finney District Court. On September 13, 1887, the county attorney of Finney county filed in the district court of that county a criminal information, which, omitting title and signature, reads as follows: “I, W. R. Hopkins, county attorney of said Finney county, in the name, by the authority, and in behalf of the state of Kansas, come here now and give the court to understand and be informed: “That on the 1st day of August, 1887, and at divers other times and days, and from the said 1st day of August, 1887, to the time of the filing of this information, in the county of Finney and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a criminal prosecution under §13 of the prohibitory liquor law as amended by §4 of the act relating to intoxicating liquors, approved March 5, 1887. (Laws of 1887, chapter 165.) Many questions are presented, which we shall consider in their order.
I. It is claimed that the court below erred in overruling the defendant’s motion to require the county attorney to file a *679bill of particulars showing more specifically the facts upon which he relied for a conviction. We think this is one of that class of cases in which the court might in…
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