State of Kansas v. Stoffel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

John Stoffel was prosecuted upon a charge of robbery, and convicted of grand larceny. He appeals, and his first ground of error is that the original complaint filed before the magistrate charged him with stealing the animal “lawfully” instead of “unlawfully;” and hence he urges that no crime was committed, and no reason exists for his arrest or prosecution. The word “lawfully” is the one used in the record, but, from the other terms employed in describing the offense, it would appear that this defect was a clerical error. However, it is…