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State v. Stevens

Citations

  • 1 S.D. 480
  • 47 N.W. 546
  • 1891 S.D. LEXIS 51

Syllabus

<p>The statute, (Section 7236, Comp. Laws,) requiring the names of the witnesses, upon whose evidence the indictment is found, to be inserted at the foot of it, or to be indorsed upon it, is mandatory, and a disregard of the requirement is sufficient ground to authorize the court, upon proper motion, made in apt time, to quash the indictment.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.</p>

Judges: Bennett

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