State v. Druitt
Decision Date | 09 November 1889 |
Citation | 22 P. 697,42 Kan. 469 |
Parties | THE STATE OF KANSAS v. GEORGE A. DRUITT |
Court | Kansas Supreme Court |
Appeal from Cowley District Court.
PROSECUTION for a violation of the prohibitory liquor law. At the September term, 1888, the defendant George A. Druitt was tried and found guilty on the first and fourth counts of the information. New trial denied, and sentence on each count to pay a fine of $ 500, to be imprisoned in the county jail ninety days, and to pay the costs of the prosecution. Defendant appeals.
Judgment affirmed.
Henry T. Sumner, for appellant.
L. B Kellogg, attorney general, and C. L. Swarts, county attorney for The State.
OPINION
This action was tried at the September term, 1888, of the Cowley district court, and the defendant convicted on two counts in the information charging him with violating the prohibitory liquor law; he appeals to this court. The information was verified by the county attorney on information and belief, and affidavits of John W. Kreamer and L. E. Woodin jr. were filed with it. The date of filing was March 12, 1888; the information was sworn to by the county attorney on the 10th and the said affidavits on the 12th of March, 1888. There was no motion to quash the information, or in arrest of judgment, but the defendant made a motion for a new trial as follows:
The defendant complains that the verification of the information is insufficient. It is questionable whether this objection is fairly raised in the record. We think, however, that the verification was sufficient, certainly under the objections made to it....
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