State v. Johnson

The appellant, was convicted in the circuit court of Jasper County, Missouri, of the crimes of burglary and larceny, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at four years in the penitentiary. That is to say, he was given two years for the 'burglary and two years for the larceny.

He has not favored us with a brief, but in his motion for a new trial, he makes several assignments of error which we will now discuss.

He contends that the information is defective because it is sworn to by the assistant prosecuting attorney, Russell Mallett. The information starts with the [140] phrase that “H.…