State v. Pigg

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

Ransom Pigg, the appellant, was arrested and brought before E. R. Simon, judge of the court of Topeka, on a warrant charging' him with grand larceny in stealing a sum of money. He offered to waive a preliminary examination. The complaining witness, John McIntosh, is. a cousin of the appellant, and resided at that time in Missouri. The- county attorney asked to have McIntosh examined and a recognizance taken for his appearance as a witness at the trial. Over the objection of the appellant this was done, and from the evidence it appeared that…