In re Millington
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Habeas Corpus. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in this court on the 28th day of May, 1880, by Daniel A. Millington, who also appealed from the judgment against him ip the court below.
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Original Proceedings in Habeas Corpus. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in this court on the 28th day of May, 1880, by Daniel A. Millington, who also appealed from the judgment against him ip the court below. On the 17th day of May, 1880, Hon. W. P. Campbell, judge of the thirteenth judicial district, filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of Cowley county, a certain complaint against Millington and another, in words as follows: (Court and title omitted.) Now, on this 17th day of May, A. D. 1880, there being reasonable grounds for believing that Daniel A. Millington…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
On the 17th of May, 1880, the judge of the thirteenth judicial district caused an attachment to be issued against D. A. Millington, the editor and publisher of the Winfield Courier, for contempt, on account of certain articles published in said paper. The same day, Millington was arrested, and after a hearing, adjudged guilty and fined two hundred dollars. This order and judgment have been brought to our consideration both by habeas corpus and appeal. They are challenged on various grounds, and said to be not only erroneous, but absolutely…
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