State v. Smith

The defendant moved the court to arrest the judgment in this case after a verdict of guilty on the ground that the information fails to describe a public offense. The trial court overruled the motion and entered judgment. The defendant has appealed. We affirm the judgment.

The information is as follows:

“That, Wayne Smith late of said County, yeoman, on the 26th day of March, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Six, within the County of Pennington and State of South Dakota, did commit the crime of Embezzlement as follows: That the said Wayne Smith on the 26th day of…