State v. Beddo
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourth District Court Uintah County. Hon. J. E. Booth, Judge. Defendant was prosecuted and convicted of the crime of rape under an information filed by the District Attorney of the Fourth District. From a judgment and sentence entered upon conviction defendant appealed, challenging the constitutionality of Chap, 56, S. L. 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtBartch, C. J.
The defendant herein was prosecuted for and convicted of the crime of rape, committed upon the person of a little *434girl twelve years of age. Upon having been sentenced to undergo imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of five years, he appealed to this court.
The record shows that the information, under which the prosecution was conducted, was filed by the district attorney under c. 56 Sess. Laws, 1899, p. 77, and not by the county attorney, as provided in Sec. 4692, R. S. 1898.
It is insisted, on behalf of the prisoner, that such portions of c. 56 as are claimed by the prosecution to…
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