State v. Howland

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DAWSON, J.:

The plaintiff was convicted of statutory rape and appeals. The errors assigned will be noted in the order presented.

The first and second of these are founded on the indorsement on the information of the names of witnesses for the state after the case was called for trial. The county attorney explained that he did not know that these parties had knowledge of'facts material in the case until April 17, 1916, which was apparently about the time the case was called. This statement he later qualified saying that he had learned sooner about two of…