Klyman v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case ,72 — APPEAL TO CIRCUIT COURT APPEAL FROM WEBSTER CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The evidence fails to show that appellant knowingly permitted a. minor to play on his pool table, and for that reason the judgment should be reversed. 2. The fact that the warrant was issued for Sebree City shows that. the prosecution was for violation of a city ordinance, and therefore a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth under the State law was unauthorized.
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Case ,72 — APPEAL TO CIRCUIT COURT APPEAL FROM WEBSTER CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The evidence fails to show that appellant knowingly permitted a. minor to play on his pool table, and for that reason the judgment should be reversed. 2. The fact that the warrant was issued for Sebree City shows that. the prosecution was for violation of a city ordinance, and therefore a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth under the State law was unauthorized. Besides, there is no evidence tending to show that Sebree City had any ordinance upon which to base the prosecution. 3. The police court of Sebree City had no…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PAYNTER
demvered the opinion of the court.
No question was made in this case in the police court of Sebree City, where it was first tried, as to the jurisdiction of that court. No such question was raised in the circuit court to which ah appeal was taken, nor was any suggestion made to this court by counsel that the police court had no jurisdiction of the prosecution. The question for the first time was raised by the petition for a rehearing. This court, therefore, did not consider the question.
Sebree City is a town of the sixth class. By sec. 3710, Kentucky statutes, police courts of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bassett v. OldhamCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1838
- Johnson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
- Cheek v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
- Robinson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1838
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- District of Columbia v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1913
- Ritter v. BruceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1951
- State v. WilesMontana Supreme Court · 1935
- Crabtree v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1955
- Gross v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1956
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