State Ex Rel. Sanborn v. Bissing

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

This is a proceeding in indirect contempt of court initiated upon relation of the county attorney of Sedgwick county against Al M. Bissing and four other individuals; Jack W. Robinson, Leo A. Rasmussen, Sr., Henry D. Rodgers and James Jonkers, because of their particaption in “doggy bingo”. The trial court granted only limited relief and the state has brought the matter here.

The background of the proceeding may be summarized as follows:

In the summer of 1954 Al M. Bissing, the owner of a tract of land adjacent to the city of Wichita (8130…