State v. Sills

Citations

• 85 Kan. 830
• 118 P. 867
• 1911 Kan. LEXIS 152

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Criminal Law — Inducing Witness to Absent Himself — Consent. In a prosecution under a statute making it a misdemeanor to induce a witness to absent himself from a trial, where the information charges that such result was accomplished by abducting and carrying away the witness, proof that the witness consented to being taken away is not fatal to a conviction.</p> <p>2. —¡- To be a “Witness” no Subpoena Need be Served. In order that one shall be deemed a “witness” within the meaning of that statute it is not necessary that he shall .have been served with a subpoena.</p>