State v. Dunn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The question involved is whether appellant was entitled to a trial by a jury of his plea in abatement, which alleged that he was a minor under the age of sixteen years and therefore only liable to be tried for a criminal offense by the juvenile court.

*800The original complaint was filed in the city court of Wichita, and charged appellant and two others with the crime of assault and robbery upon the person of one William Sutton. The preliminary examination was waived and defendants held to the district court. After the information was filed, and…