State v. Sweeney

— Appellant, feeling aggrieved at his conviction and sentence upon a charge of carnally knowing a female child of the age of nine years, presents three grounds for reversal.

The first ground presented is that the court permitted the names of two deputy sheriffs to be indorsed upon the information the day of the trial, while appellant’s counsel had not been advised that motion would be made therefor until two days prior to that date. Appellant’s counsel lived at Vancouver and the trial took place at Kelso, some forty-five miles distant. No motion for continuance was made upon this ground when…