State v. Clay
State v. Clay
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
A petition for rehearing has been filed, expressing dissatisfaction with the statement of the evidence with reference
The defendant also contends that the decision in this case overturns the rule announced in The State v. Child, 42 Kan. 611, 22 Pac. 72, where it was held that an indictment for a felony must distinctly allege “intent” to commit a felony. In the original opinion in the instant case a copy of the complaint was set out, with the statement that it was a copy of the information. This was a mistake. The information on which the defendant was tried distinctly alleged the intent. It reads:
“I, J. B. Hayes, the undersigned county attorney of said county, in the name and by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, come now here and give the court to understand and be informed that on the 15th day of February, a. d. 1922, in the said county of Clark and state of Kansas, one Emery Clay did then and there unlawfully, feloniously and on purpose and with malice aforethought, in and upon the person of H. C. Butz then and there being, commit an assault, and did then and there, he the said Emery Clay, with a large pocket knife with the blade open, a dangerous and deadly weapon, liable to produce death or great bodily harm, and the said large pocket knife with the blade open, then and there in the right hand of the said Emery Clay held, did then and there the said Emery Clay, with the large pocket knife with the blade open aforesaid, unlawfully, feloniously on purpose and with malice aforethought, threaten to cut the guts out of the said H. C. Butz, with the intent then and there, him the said Emery Clay, unlawfully, feloniously, on purpose and with malice aforethought to kill said H. C. Butz. Contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state .of Kansas.”
It will readily be seen that the information in the instant case satisfied the rule laid down in The State v. Child, supra.
Other propositions advanced were sufficiently discussed in the original opinion.
The Detition for rehearing is denied.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The State of Kansas v. Emery Clay
- Status
- Published