State v. Bjorkland
Supreme Court of Kansas
Prosecutions for violations of § 27 of the prohibitory liquor law. Trial at the April Term, 1884, of the district court of Douglas county.
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Prosecutions for violations of § 27 of the prohibitory liquor law. Trial at the April Term, 1884, of the district court of Douglas county. In one case the defendant Bjork-land was found guilty on the first and second counts of the information, and sentenced to be imprisoned fifteen days in the jail of said county, and to pay a fine of $100 and the costs of this action; in the other case the defendant was fonnd guilty as charged in the second, third and fourth counts of the information, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 on each of said counts and the costs of the prosecution, and to be…
1Per curiam
These were prosecutions for violations of § 27, chap. 128, Laws of 1881, commonly known as the prohibitory liquor law. The informations were sworn to by the county attorney, upon information and belief. It is claimed by the appellants that the cases are “on all fours” with The State v. *378Gleason, 32 Kas. 245, and upon that authority we are asked to set aside the warrants under which the appellants were arrested, and to reverse the judgments.
A careful examination of the records makes these cases easily distinguishable from The State v. Gleason, supra. In fact, the principles announced in The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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