neither indicted nor tried, and though the principal may have been acquitted.
Compounding a felony.s. 235, Crim. Pr.
§ 7262. A person may be indicted for having, with the compounding a knowledge of the commission of a public offense, taken money or property of another, or a gratuity or reward, or an engagement or promise therefor, upon the agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal the offense, or to abstain from a prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof, though the person guilty of the original offense have not been indicted or tried.
TITLE 7.
OF PLEADINGS AND PROCEEDINGS AFTER INDICTMENT AND BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL.
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| 1. | Of the arraignment of the defendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 2. | Setting aside the indictment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 3. | Demurrer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 4. | Plea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 5. | Removal of the action before trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 6. | The mode of trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 7. | Formation of the trial jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| 8. | Postponement of the trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER 1.
OF THE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE DEFENDANT.
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Section. 7263. Defendant arraigned. 7264. It for felony, defendant must be present. 7265. Officer to bring him before the court. 7266. Bench warrant to issue, when. 7267. Clerk to issue warrant. 7268. Form of warrant. 7269. When offense is misdemeanor or bailable felony. 7270. Court to fix amount of bail. 7271. Offense not bailable. 7272. Warrant served in any county.
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Section. 7273. Taking bail. 7274. Duty of court when indictment is found. 7275. Defendant present in court. 7276. Counsel appointed before arraignment. 7277. Arraignment made how. 7278. True name of the defendant. 7279. No name given. 7280. Another name given. 7281. Time to answer given. 7282. Motion to set aside-Demur or plead.
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s. 236, Crim. Pr.
§ 7263. When the indictment is filed, the defendant must be arraigned thereon before the court in which it is found, if triable therein, if not, before the court to which it is removed or transmitted.
If for felony, defendant must be present.s. 237, Crim. Pr.
§ 7264. If the indictment is for a felony the defendant must be personally present, but if for a misdemeanor only, his personal appearance is unnecessary, and he may appear upon the arraignment by counsel.
Officer to bring him before court.s. 238, Crim. Pr.
§ 7265. When his personal appearance is necessary, if he be in custody, the court may direct the officer in whose custody he is, to bring him before it to be arraigned, and the officer must do so accordingly.
Bench warrant to issue, when.s. 239, Crim. Pr.
§ 7266. If the defendant have been discharged on bail, or have deposited money instead thereof, and do not appear to be arraigned, when his personal attendance is necessary, the court, in addition to the forfeiture of the undertaking of bail or of the money deposited, may direct the clerk to issue a bench warrant for his arrest.
Clerk to issue.s. 240, Crim. Pr.
§ 7267. The clerk, on the application of the district attorney, may, accordingly, at any time after the order, whether the court be setting or not, issue a bench warrant into one or more counties.
Form of warrant.s. 241, Crim. Pr.
§ 7268. The bench warrant, upon the indictment, must, if the offense is a felony, be substantially in the following form:
County of..........
The territory of Dakota.
To any sheriff, constable, policeman or marshal in this territory:
An indictment having been found on the .............. day of ..... D. 18.. in the district court in and for the county (or subdivision) of charging CD, with the crime of ........
(designating it generally), you are1171
