Legal Opinion

State v. Foster

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1883PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from Shawnee District Court. At the April Term, 1883, of the court, Foster was found guilty of violating § 134 of the crimes act, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of four years. He appeals. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

Defendant was convicted in the district court of Shawnee county, under § 134 of the crimes act, of the crime of passing, uttering and publishing a certain forged draft, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of four years. From such conviction and sentence he appeals to this court.

So far as any questions are made as to the joinder of several counts, or the ruling of the court on the motion to compel the state to elect, they are disposed of by the fact that a nolle was entered as to all but the third count, leaving the case to go to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. BarnettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1865
  2. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  3. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
  4. Commonwealth v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1877

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. State v. HazenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1946
  2. State v. BuisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  3. State v. BriggsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  4. State v. FreySupreme Court of Kansas · 1922
  5. State v. WahlSupreme Court of Kansas · 1925

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