State v. Knowles
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeals from Sumner District Court On July 27, 1883, J. P. Mayfield filed his complaint in writing, under oath, before a justice of the peace of Sumner county, charging that on July 26,1883, Franklin E. Knowles and Thomas J. Garland were the owners and occupiers of a slaughter-house on lot “B,” in C. R. Godfrey’s addition to the city of Wellington, in Sumner county, in this state, where hogs, beeves and other animals were slaughtered for a long time prior to July 26, 1883;…
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Appeals from Sumner District Court On July 27, 1883, J. P. Mayfield filed his complaint in writing, under oath, before a justice of the peace of Sumner county, charging that on July 26,1883, Franklin E. Knowles and Thomas J. Garland were the owners and occupiers of a slaughter-house on lot “B,” in C. R. Godfrey’s addition to the city of Wellington, in Sumner county, in this state, where hogs, beeves and other animals were slaughtered for a long time prior to July 26, 1883; and that they permitted the same to remain unclean, to the annoyance of various parties. The first trial was had before…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
These two prosecutions were brought under § 317, ch. 31, Comp. Laws of 1879, which reads as follows:
*397“If any owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of any slaughter-house, or of any premises where hogs, beeves or other animals are slaughtered, shall permit the same to remain uncleau, to the annoyance of the people of this state, or any of them, every person so offending shall be fined for every such offense any sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars; and if said nuisance be not removed within five days thereafter, it shall be…
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