State v. Winne

Appellant was convicted of larceny of an automobile. So far as material upon this appeal, the information stated, “The deputy state’s attorney, duly and legally elected, qualified, and acting according to law, upon his oath informs the-court,” etc., and was signed, “J. D. -Coon, Deputy State’s Attorney.”

'Defendant entered a plea of not guilty. Upon return of the verdict, defendant moved in arrest of judgment on the ground that the information was invalid, and the court without jurisdiction to' try the accused.

Appellant contends: First, that no authority exists, either constitutional or…