State ex rel. Kansas City v. Renick
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) The judgment in Kansas City’s favor against E. A. Stevens for $500 ón tbe appeal bond bas nothing in it upon which the pardoning power of the Governor can lawfully operate. The Governor is required to report to the General Assembly the pardons he has granted, stating the “name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence, its date, the date of the communication, pardon of reprieve and the reason for granting the same.”
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Mandamus. (1) The judgment in Kansas City’s favor against E. A. Stevens for $500 ón tbe appeal bond bas nothing in it upon which the pardoning power of the Governor can lawfully operate. The Governor is required to report to the General Assembly the pardons he has granted, stating the “name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence, its date, the date of the communication, pardon of reprieve and the reason for granting the same.” This language has no application to a civil judgment obtained on an appeal bond or to a quasi-criminal proceeding like the enforcement of a…
1Opinion of the CourtValliant, J.
This is an original suit in which relator, Kansas City, seeks a writ of mandamus to require the defendant, who is the clerk of the criminal court of Jackson county, to issue an execution on a judgment in favor of relator against one E. A. Stevens.
It appears from the record that one Carrie Neal was *297convicted and sentenced in tbe police court of Kansas City for violating a city ordinance, and appealed to tbe criminal court of Jackson county giving an appeal bond with E. A. Stevens as ber surety. Tbe cause came on for trial in tbe criminal court, wbicb resulted, on September 3, 1890, in a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stevens v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Kansas City v. NealMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
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