Wright v. People

The indictment upon which this case is based was returned against plaintiff in error — to whom we will hereinafter refer as defendant — by a grand jury of the third judicial district. It contained four counts, the first of which, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: “That Sam Wright, late of the County of Las Animas, State of Colorado, then and there being a duly appointed, qualified and acting highway overseer, road foreman and supervisor in Commissioners’ District No. 3 of Las Animas County, State of Colorado, at. and within the said Las Animas County, State of -Colorado, did. on or…