State v. Spidle

Opinion by

Holt, C.:

At the May term, 1889, of the Ness district court, the defendant was convicted of rape, and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. From this sentence he appeals. The body of the indictment charging the crime is as follows:

“At the January term of said court, 1889, the jurors of the grand jury of said county, duly impaneled, sworn, and charged to inquire and true presentment make of all public offenses against the laws of the state of Kansas, cognizable by said *442court, committed or triable in said county, on their oaths do find and present, that on the 1st…