State v. Crane
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Rush District Court. On the 7th day of April, 1894, an information was filed in the district court of Rush county, which, omitting caption, verification, and indorsements, was as follows: “I, H. L. Anderson, the undersigned county attorney of said county, in the name and by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, come now here and give the court to understand and be informed, that on the 20th day of February, 1893, in the county of Rush and state of…
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Appeal from Rush District Court. On the 7th day of April, 1894, an information was filed in the district court of Rush county, which, omitting caption, verification, and indorsements, was as follows: “I, H. L. Anderson, the undersigned county attorney of said county, in the name and by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, come now here and give the court to understand and be informed, that on the 20th day of February, 1893, in the county of Rush and state of Kansas, one Stub Crane and one J. C. Gray did then and there, unlawfully, feloniously, designedly, and with the intent to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
We have carefully examined the information and the evidence introduced to support its allegations. We think the information fatally defective and the evidence insufficient to sustain the conviction. The information attempted to charge Stub Crane and J. C. Gray with criminal *258conspiracy in obtaining from John Marquardt his promissory note for $150. The note is not copied in the information, nor is it stated whether it was negotiable or not. The inference from the allegations is that it was not negotiable, because it was payable “to J. C.…
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