Frеd Stewart was convicted of “giving and furnishing intoxicating liquor to a minor,” in violation of chap. 171, 1925 Sess. Laws, and аppeals from the judgment, as well as from'an order denying a motion in arrest of judgment and an order denying a motion for new trial.
Chap. 171, 1925 Sess. Laws, reads as follows:
“Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Idaho:
“Section 1. A new section is hereby enacted and added to Article 2, of Chapter 125 of the Idaho Compiled Statutes, to be designated as Section 2621-A and to read as follows:
“Section 2621-A. Any person who sells, gives or furnishes or causes to be sold, given or furnished, intoxicating liquor to аny minor is guilty of a felony.”
It is urged that C. S., sec. 2621-A, is added to and made a part of C. S., sec. 2621; that the title to seсtion 2621 does not embrace tbe subject expressed in section 2621-A; and that the latter enactmеnt is void in that the subject thereof is not embraced in the title of section 2621. (Const., art. 3, sec. 16.) This argument is fallаcious. By chapter 171, 1925 Sess. Laws, it was not intended to add a new section to C. S., sec. 2621, but, as stated in its title, “a new section is hereby enacted and added to article 2 of chapter 125 of the Idaho Cоmpiled Statutes.....” The
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fact that the section is designated section 2621-A does not justify an inference thаt it was intended to be a part of section 2621. Section 2621-A is a new section of article 2, chapter 125, and is complete in itself. The title of article 2, chapter 125, enacted as chaptеr 11, 1915 Sess. Laws, is amply sufficient to embrace within its purview the subject matter of section 2621-A.
(State v. Pasta,
Appellant was properly sentenced under the provisions of C. S., see. 8085.
(State v. Payton,
Some thirty-three days after filing the information, and approximately two weeks prior to the trial, over objection, the prosecuting attorney had the name of one Conrad Smiek indorsed as a witness on the information. It is contended that the showing made by the prosecuting attorney in support of the motion was entirely insufficient. C. S., see. 8810, provides,
inter alia,
that the prosecuting attorney shall indorse on the information the names of the witnesses knоwn to him at the time it is
filed;
and at such time before trial as the court may rule or prescribe he shall indorsе the names of other witnesses as shall then be known to him. This court has held that the purpose of these provisions is to inform the defendant of the names of the witnesses who are to testify against him, so that he may have an opportunity to meet and controvert their evidence.
(State v. Allen,
Complaint is made of the following instruction:
“The court instructs the jury that if from the evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, you find that the defendant did not give the alleged intoxicating liquor to the minor *651 mentioned, but that said minor took said bottle containing such liquor from the hand, or hands, of the defendant, without the consent of thе defendant, and without any intention of the defendant that she should do so, then you should acquit the defendаnt.”
The instruction deprives the defendant of the presumption of innocence and imposes on him the burden of establishing, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he did not commit the crime charged against him. That is not the law. (C. S., see. 8944.) The attorney general admits that the instruction is erroneous, but takes the pоsition that, when the instructions are considered as a whole, nO prejudice is shown. The fallacy of his рosition lies in the fact that the instruction complained of is in conflict with those which are said to rеnder it harmless. It is frequently the case that an instruction which is inaccurate or incomplete may be cured by a correct statement of the law in another instruction, but an instruction which places оn the defendant the burden of establishing his innocence is not cured by an instruction which states the rule cоrrectly. Contradictory instructions tend to confuse and mislead a jury; and, in this case, it is not possible to determine that the jury did not follow the erroneous instruction. How, therefore, can it be said that apрellant was not prejudiced?
(State v. Judd,
It is also urged that the case was so “clear cut” and the evidenсe so conclusive that the jury could not have been misled by the erroneous instruction. There is authоrity in this state to the effect that, even though an instruction is erroneous, if the evidence of defendant’s guilt is satisfactory, and the result could not have been different had the instruction been omitted, the judgment shоuld not be reversed.
(State v. Marren,
The judgment is reversed ahd the cause remanded, with directions to grant a new trial.