City of Fort Scott v. Pelton
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Bourbon District Court. On February 27,1888, li. H. Pelton was found guilty and adjudged to pay a fine of $25 and the costs of prosecution, for the alleged offense of canvassing for and selling books in the city of Fort Scott without having a license so to do from said city. Pelton appeals. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The facts of this case are substantially as follows: On December 24, 1887, a complaint was filed in the police court of the city of Fort Scott, charging that the defendant, H. H. Pelton, did on said day “canvass for and sell books in the said city of Fort Scott, withopt having taken out a license for the same.” Subsequently, but on the same day, he was arrested, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and the costs of suit. From the judgment rendered on this trial he appealed to the district court of Bourbon county, where…
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