City of Fort Scott v. Dunkerton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Josephine Dunkerton and Charles Dunkerton were prosecuted for the violation of a city ordinance of Fort Scott prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors and the keeping of a place where such liquors were sold. The complaint contained ten counts, nine of which charged sales of intoxicating liquors and one the maintaining of a nuisance. After a conviction in the police court the defendants appealed to the district court, where a trial was had which resulted in a conviction upon the charge of maintaining a nuisance. Each was sentenced to…