Legal Opinion

Ex parte Pointer

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1872PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Errror from Cherokee District Court. The order appealed from was made by the district court of Cherokee county at the July Term 1871, in the case of “The State of Kansas v. Charles Bearow.” The record contains a transcript of the proceedings in that case, and shows that Bearow was charged by information with grand larceny.

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Errror from Cherokee District Court. The order appealed from was made by the district court of Cherokee county at the July Term 1871, in the case of “The State of Kansas v. Charles Bearow.” The record contains a transcript of the proceedings in that case, and shows that Bearow was charged by information with grand larceny. After the trial, and the verdict of not guilty, the record is as follows: “ It is thereupon considered and ordered that said defendant be discharged, and go hence without day. And upon motion of defendant’s counsel for an order directed to John Polster, the prosecuting…

1Opinion of the Court

'The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kingman, C. J.:

This is a proceeding to procure the reversal of an order of the district court of Cherokee county, by which John Polster was ordered to pay over to one Charles Bearow the sum of $114.55. The following facts appear: Bearow had been arrested for larceny of money from Polster, was examined and held for trial in the district court. The justice before whom the examination was had ordered the money taken from Bearow to be paid over to Polster as his property. On the trial in the district court Bearow was found not guilty, whereupon the court…

2Cited by9 opinions

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  2. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1893
  3. McPherson v. StorchSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
  4. J. M. W. Jones Stationery & Paper Co. v. HentigSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
  5. Pioneer Canal Co. v. AkinWyoming Supreme Court · 1920

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