State v. Siecke

SEILER, Judge.

This case, here on our order of transfer from the Kansas City Court of Appeals, involves the question of whether the verified certificate of the superintendent of one of the state hospitals as to the charges made by the hospital for the examination and report of an accused referred to the hospital by the circuit court under Secs. 552.020 and 552.030 is sufficient, in the absence of any showing to the contrary, to require the circuit court to issue its order taxing such charges as costs in the case. 1

One, Kenneth Siecke, charged in Cass County with the commission of a felony, was…