State v. Hanks

MISER, C.

The information on which appellant was convicted sufficiently charges appellant with the larceny of a hog in McCook county on March 5, 1927, and' contained no allegations of previous convictions. When the opening statement was being made, appellant objected thus:

“We object and except to the ¡State’s Attorney’s- statement wherein he said ‘we expect to show the defendant was charged *64with Grand Larceny in Perkins County, South Dakota, and that a plea of Petit Larceny, was entered, and that other charges were preferred against him in this County/ for the reason they are incompetent,…