Legal Opinion
State v. Purtell
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided February 8, 1896No. 10449PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Cherokee District Coitrt. Patrick J. Purtell and W. H. Johnson were convicted of prize-fighting. They appeal. The material facts are stated in the opinion, filed February 8, 1896.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allen,- J.: The defendants were convicted of prizefighting, and sentenced to confinement in the peniten*480tiary for one year. From this conviction they appeal. The contention on their behalf in this court is that the trial court erred in its definition of the term “prize-fight,” as contained in the instructions given to the jury. The portion of the instructions most criticised reads as follows :
“The word ‘prize-fight/ as used in the statute of this state, and as used in the information, is used in its ordinary signification, and means a fight, or physical…
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