Harmon v. Bowers

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

On March'5,1904, John R. Harmon was the owner of a tract of land in Cowley county, Kansas, upon which he and his wife resided as a homestead. On the same day he was convicted of a crime in the district court of that county, and on April 12, 1904, he was sentenced to the penitentiary. He appealed to the supreme court, where the judgment was affirmed December 1, 1904. From the time of his sentence, April 12, 1904, until January 19, 1905, John R. Harmon was at liberty under bond, but on January 19, 1905, he was taken to the penitentiary, where…