Legal Opinion

State v. Hunt

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1883PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Cherokee District Court. Prosecution for violations of ch. 128, Laws of 1881. February 2, 1882, the jury found the defendant Hunt guilty on each of the five counts of the information filed against him. New trial denied, and defendant sentenced to pay a fine of $100 on each count, and the costs of the prosecution, and to be committed to the county jail until the fines and costs were paid. From this judgment he appeals. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was a criminal prosecution under the prohibition act of 1881. The case was commenced originally by the county attorney of Cherokee county directly in the district court, by filing an information containing five counts,, in four of which counts the defendant was charged *763with selling spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented and other intoxicating liquors, without having a permit therefor from the probate judge of said county; and in the fifth count he was charged with selling the liquors prohibited by the statute for other than mechanical,…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. CookOregon Supreme Court · 1936
  2. State v. HoracekSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
  3. State v. CoppSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  4. Chapman v. BoyntonDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1933

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