SHARP, Justice:
In this jurisdiction the rule is well established that a warrant may be quashed only for its failure to charge a crime or a lack of jurisdiction of the court to try the case—defects which appear on the face of the record. In ruling upon a motion to quash the judge rules only upon a question of law. He is not permitted to consider "extraneous evidence," that is, the testimony of witnesses or documents other than the specific statutes or ordinances...
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