State v. Hakon

Morgan, Ch. J.

The defendants were informed against for the offense of wilfully poisoning domestic animals, and the charging part of the information is as follows: “ . . . did wilfully, unlawfully, and feloniously administer poison, . . . to a domestic animal, to wit, a certain horse, then and there and by the means aforesaid causing the death of said horse, said horse then and there being the property of one Mike Nazema.” After arraignment, the defendants demurred to the information, on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense. This demurrer was…