Legal Opinion

City of Solomon v. Hughes

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1880PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from Diokinson District Court. Prosecution for selling intoxicating liquor without duly taking out and having a license so to do. Trial, conviction and sentence of the defendant, Hughes, at the September Term, 1879, of the district court. He appeals to this court.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was a prosecution in the name of the city of Solomon, a city of the third class, against J ames Hughes, for the violation of a certain city ordinance. The action was commenced before the police judge of said city, before whom the defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced. The defendant then appealed to the district court, where he was again tried, convicted and sentenced; and he now appeals to this court.

About the only question involved in the case is, whether the district court could, in such an action as this, take judicial…

2Cited by22 opinions

  1. Foley v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Ex parte DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Portland v. YickOregon Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Collins v. City of RadfordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
  5. Downing v. City of MiltonvaleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887

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