State v. Persons

This is a criminal prosecution tried in Caledonia Municipal Court under an information which charges thát the respondent on March 1, 1945, “did unnecessarily fail to provide (certain described cattle) with proper food and drink,” in the language of one part of P. L. 8500. The respondent was convicted and the case is here on his exceptions.

Before the jury was sworn the respondent moved to quash the information on the ground that it did not inform the respondent of the character and nature of the offense charged so as to enable him adequately to prepare his defense, and also that the part of…