State v. McKee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The defendant was convicted of stealing a hog, and appeals.

*2641. The defendant complains of an amendment of the information, which, from the judgment, appears to have been made before arraignment and plea. The information, as first filed, charged that the defendant stole a hog, but did not name its owner. The amendment to the information was that after the word “hog” in the information the following words were inserted, “the property of H. A. Murray.”

Section 62-808 of the Revised Statutes reads:

“An information may be amended in matter of…