State v. Plum
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Miami District Court. Conviction for a violation of the prohibitory liquor law. The defendant, Plum, appeals. The opinion states the facts. The fact that a certain talesman had been named by the sheriff did not come to the knowledge of the defendant or his attorneys until after the jury had retired to deliberate upon their verdict j and hence the question here presented could only be raised on a motion for a new trial.
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Appeal from Miami District Court. Conviction for a violation of the prohibitory liquor law. The defendant, Plum, appeals. The opinion states the facts. The fact that a certain talesman had been named by the sheriff did not come to the knowledge of the defendant or his attorneys until after the jury had retired to deliberate upon their verdict j and hence the question here presented could only be raised on a motion for a new trial. Is this sufficient cause for a new trial? We think it is. Had the defendant or his attorneys known this fact before the jury were sworn to try the cause, a…
1Opinion of the Court
*683The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The defendant, William E. Plum, was charged upon two counts of an information with violating the provisions of tlje prohibitory liquor law. He was found guilty upon the first count, and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail, to pay a fine of $100 and costs, and to stand committed to the county jail until the fine and costs were paid. He appeals to this court, and complains of various rulings.
After the regular panel of jurors had been exhausted, and the sheriff had commenced to fill the panel with talesmen, the defendant objected to the…
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