State v. Rook

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Doster, C. J.:

This is an appeal by the state from an order quashing an information against the appellee, John Rook, for a felony, and upon a question reserved by the state upon an order sustaining the appellee’s plea of the statute of limitations and discharging him from custody. On the 20th of March, 1899, the county attorney of Franklin county filed an information against the appellee for a burglary alleged to have been committed on the 26th day of February, 1896. As a reason for delaying the prosecution beyond the two-year period of limitation, the…