¶1At the May term, 1878, of the Oregon *668circuit court, the defendant was tried and convicted upon an affidavit, made by a private person, charging him. with unlawfully and willfully disturbing the peace of a school. No information was filed by the prosecuting attorney, based upon said affidavit, as provided by the law then in force, (Acts 1877, p. 355, § 6,) and the conviction was, therefore, illegal and void. The judgment will be reversed.
75 Mo. 667
State v. Huddleston
Decided October 15, 1882
Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1882-10-15
<p>Practice, Criminal: prosecution of misdemeanors, A conviction for a misdemeanor upon an affidavit filed by a private person alone, and without an information of the prosecuting attorney, is illegal and void. Sess. Acts 1877, p. 355, § 6.</p>
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Reversed · Decided 1882-10-15
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