State v. Wood
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Kingman District Court. Prosecution for illegally selling intoxicating liquor. Prom a judgment of conviction, at the April term, 1892, the defendant, Wood, appeals. The opinion states the facts.
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Appeal from, Kingman District Court. Prosecution for illegally selling intoxicating liquor. Prom a judgment of conviction, at the April term, 1892, the defendant, Wood, appeals. The opinion states the facts. “Where the information is verified by the oath of a private person, and not by the county attorney, the defendant should not be found guilty of any offense, except some offense of which the complaining witness had notice or knowledge at the time of verifying the information.” The State v. Brooks, 33 Kas. 708; The State v. Skinner, 34 id. 265; The State v. ITeseher, 46 id. 534; The State…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a criminal prosecution commenced on December 19, 1891, by the county attorney of Kingman county, before a justice of the peace of that county, upon a complaint filed by the county attorney, entitled “information,” containing three counts, two charging the defendant, M. E. Wood, with the offenses of illegally selling intoxicating liquors, and the other charging him with the offense of1 keeping and maintaining a nuisance, where intoxicating liquors were kept for sale and sold; which information was sworn to by the county attorney,…
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