State v. Fleeman

Citations

• 102 Kan. 670
• 171 P. 618
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 117

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. White Slave Law — Regularly Enacted. Chapter 179 of the Laws oí 1913, commonly known as the white slave law, was regularly enacted.</p> <p>2. Preliminary Examination — Accused Held for Offense Not Charged in Warrant — New Complaint. A person arrested on a warrant based on a complaint charging one felony may be bound over for another felony shown to have been committed by the evidence adduced at the preliminary examination. When this occurs it is not necessary or proper to file a new complaint.</p> <p>3. Same — Waiver by Defendant. The proceedings at a preliminary examination considered, and held, the defendant waived the right to introduce evidence.</p> <p>4. White Slave Law — Information—Not Bad for Duplicity. Section 2 of the act referred to creates a single offense, and an information is not bad for duplicity which charges a person with keeping and maintaining, and assisting in keeping and maintaining, a place where all the immoralities named in the act are practiced, permitted, and allowed.</p> <p>5. Same — Valid, Information. A motion to quash an information drawn • under the section referred to, on the ground of indefinitpness and uncertainty, considered, and held, the matters complained of did not' affect the defendant’s substantial rights.</p> <p>6. Same. — Amendment of Information. An amendment of the information in a matter of form was properly allowed at the trial.</p> <p>7. Same — Amendment of Information — Reverification. After the amendment the information was reverified. The reverification was unnecessary, and did not furnish ground for quashing the information.</p> <p>8. Same — Evidence of General Reputation of Place. General reputation of the place described in the information was admissible.</p> <p>9. Same — Impeachment of Defendant. The evidence considered, and held, sufficient ground for impeaching the defendant was laid, prejudicial error was not committed in striking out the answer to a question propounded to