State v. Gielen

Statement.

The above entitled cause came on for trial in the city of New Rockford, Eddy county, North Dakota, on the 6th day of November, 1925, the defendant having theretofore entered a plea of not guilty to the offense charged. The jury was empaneled, a trial had, and a verdict of guilty found by the jury, and thereafter the defendant was duly sentenced by the presiding judge, to serve a term of eighteen months in the penitentiary.

After the selection of the jury for the trial of the defendant, the state's attorney made the following statement:

"The information in this case was dictated to a…