Kansas City v. Whitman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from, the Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. J. W. Wofford, Judge. (1) The police judge is uex officio a justice of the peace, within the limits of the city, in all matters.” City Charter, p. 31, sec. 17, art. 4. “All cases triable before such recorder shall be proceeded with in the same manner as trials before justices of the peace in misdemeanors.”- Revised Ordinances, 1888, p. 326,. sec. 893; City of Kansas v. O’Connor, 36 Mo.
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Appeal from, the Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. J. W. Wofford, Judge. (1) The police judge is uex officio a justice of the peace, within the limits of the city, in all matters.” City Charter, p. 31, sec. 17, art. 4. “All cases triable before such recorder shall be proceeded with in the same manner as trials before justices of the peace in misdemeanors.”- Revised Ordinances, 1888, p. 326,. sec. 893; City of Kansas v. O’Connor, 36 Mo. App. 594. (2) The paper filed by the city attorney before the police court was not good as an information, and should have been quashed. It shows upon its face…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This is a prosecution for the violation of one of the ordinances of Kansas City. There was a judgment of conviction before the recorder and also, on appeal, in the criminal court.
information for oriin.ance: , The information as filed alleged that the act charged was done “in violation of an ordinance of said city entitled ‘Revision of the Ordinances of the City of Kansas, Missouri,’ approved May 12, 1888.” The ordinance referred to was an ordinance adopting a volume of ordinances on all the large variety of subjects usually legislated upon by large cities, embracing near twelve hundred…
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- State v. RussellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- City of St. Joseph v. HarrisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
- Inhabitants of Memphis v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- State v. KempleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887
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