Kansas City v. Bradley

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by the City of Kansas City, Missouri from the action of the Circuit Court of Jackson County discharging respondent on two charges of selling cigarettes without a tax stamp thereon evidencing payment of the City cigarette tax. The two charges originated in the Municipal Court of Kansas City, Missouri, and on appeal, were tried together in the Circuit Court sitting without a jury. The parties will be referred to as they appeared below.

A sergeant for the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department testified that on April 17, 1966, he stopped at the Country…