Powers v. McCue

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus, brought by G. V. Powers against Hon. J. I). *478McCue, judge of the eleventh judicial district, to compel him to sign an alleged bill of exceptions in a criminal cause tried in the district court of Montgomery county, wherein the state of Kansas was the plaintiff, and G. "V. Powers the defendant. Powers was convicted of a violation of the prohibitory liquor law of the state. The trial commenced on the 5th day of March, 1891 — the March term of the district court offMontgomery county…