State v. Newbold
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Sumner District Court. Information filed against William J. Newbold, register of deeds of Sumner county, charging him with having neglected and refused duly to file a statement of the fees collected by him as such officer. The information was quashed and the defendant discharged. The State appeals. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
*72The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allen, J.: The defendant is the register of deeds of Sumner county. He is charged with having neglected and refused to file with the county clerk a statement of the fees collected by him as register of deeds, as required by the fifth section of chapter 81 of the Laws of 1893. A motion was filed on behalf of the defendant to quash the information, on the ground that the statute referred to is unconstitutional, and that the facts set forth in the information do not constitute a public offense. The motion was sustained, the information quashed, and the…
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