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State v. Devine

Citations

  • 6 Wash. 587
  • 34 P. 154
  • 1893 Wash. LEXIS 341

Syllabus

<p>INFORMATION — SUFFICIENCY OF — VERIFICATION BEFORE DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK.</p> <p>An information is sufficient to show that the prosecution is in the name of the state when the caption of the information entitles the case as the “State of Washington against” the defendants, naming them.</p> <p>When the verification to an information is made by the prosecuting attorney before the deputy county clerk, it is proper that the jurat should be signed by such officer in his own name; and it is unnecessary that he sign, in such case, in the name of his principal by himself as deputy.</p>

Judges: Hoyt

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