State v. Walter
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Franklin District Court. The only question here is as to the sufficiency of a complaint, charging Walter with the unlawful selling of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. Upon a verdict of guilty being rendered, the district court, at the March Term 1874, arrested the judgment, and The State appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kingman, C. J.:
This was a prosecution for an alleged violation of the statute in selling intoxicating liquors on Sunday. The complaint was made and the case tried before a justice of the peace of Franklin county, and the defendant convicted. From this conviction he appealed to the district court, when on a trial by a jury he was again convicted. A motion was then made in arrest of judgment, which motion was sustained. From this decision an appeal is taken by the *376state. A defect in the allegation as to venue, is the only-ground on which the motion was…
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