City of Wichita v. Stevens

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Arn, J.:

This is a consolidation of three cases originating in the police court of the city of Wichita. Separate complaints in police court charged all three defendants with “keeping and having possession of gambling equipment, to-wit punch boards,” in violatoin' of section 33 of city ordinance No. 11-592. They were convicted in police court and each of the three appealed to the district court of Sedgwick county. There the three appeals were consolidated and tried de novo by the court without a jury. The district court acquitted defendants Ellis George…