In re Gunn
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Plabects Corpus. Action by L. C. Gunn to obtain his discharge from an arrest made by C. C.’Clevenger, acting sergeant-at-arms of the house of representatives of the state, on the ground that such house was an illegal body, and such officer had no authority to make the arrest. 'Writ denied.
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Original Proceeding in Plabects Corpus. Action by L. C. Gunn to obtain his discharge from an arrest made by C. C.’Clevenger, acting sergeant-at-arms of the house of representatives of the state, on the ground that such house was an illegal body, and such officer had no authority to make the arrest. 'Writ denied. A copy of the body of the petition is as follows: “To the Honorable Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas: “Your petitioner, L. C. Gunn, complains and respectfully represents that he is unlawfully restrained of his liberty by C. C. Clevenger; that the pretended cause of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
*1681. Supreme court-jurisdiction. *167On the 15th of February of the present year, L. C. Gunn was arrested by C. C. Clevenger, and soon thereafter he presented his petition to one of the justices of this court, asking to be discharged from restraint, upon the ground that Clevenger had no authority to arrest or detain him. He alleged that Clevenger was acting as the sergeant-at-arms of an alleged house of representatives which had no authority to act. The warrant issued to Clevenger as sergeant-at-arms for the arrest of Gunn was signed by George…
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