Trustees of Owensboro v. Webb
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 56 — PETITION FOR MANDAMUS — APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. cited Constitution, art. 4, sec. 41; lb., art. 4, sec. 1; lb., art. 6, sec. 6 ; Act in relation to Lexington City Court of 25th February, 1842, Sess. Acts 1841-2, page 260; lb., February 10, 1845, Sess. Acts, 1844-5, page 196-7 ; Act relating to Louisville City Court, Sess. Acts 1835-6, page 280; Act relating to police judge of Owensboro, Sess. Acts 1849-50, p. 204; 3 Bouvier’s Inst., 68. cited Sess.
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CASE 56 — PETITION FOR MANDAMUS — APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. cited Constitution, art. 4, sec. 41; lb., art. 4, sec. 1; lb., art. 6, sec. 6 ; Act in relation to Lexington City Court of 25th February, 1842, Sess. Acts 1841-2, page 260; lb., February 10, 1845, Sess. Acts, 1844-5, page 196-7 ; Act relating to Louisville City Court, Sess. Acts 1835-6, page 280; Act relating to police judge of Owensboro, Sess. Acts 1849-50, p. 204; 3 Bouvier’s Inst., 68. cited Sess. Acts 1849-50, page 203; Sess. Acts 1853-4, page 503; Constitution, art. 6, sec. 4. cited Constitution, sec. 41, art. 4; lb.,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE DUVALL
delivered the opinion oe the court:
By the provisions of “ an act to amend and reduce into one the several acts concerning the town of Owensboro,” approved February 28, 1850, (Session Acts, 1849-50, p. 199,) the Governor is authorized to appoint “ a judicial officer, to be styled the police judge of Owensboro, who shall be commissioned as such during good behavior,” and to exercise the jurisdiction usually conferred on police judges; he is to have exclusive jurisdiction within the town of all offenses against its by-laws and ordinances, and executions issued by him “ may be served…
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