City of South Haven v. Christian
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Sumner District Court. The opinion states the facts. When this case was called for trial in the district court of Sumner county, Kansas, the defendant objected to going to trial, upon the ground that there was no original complaint and warrant in said district court, certified by the police judge to be the original.
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Appeal from, Sumner District Court. The opinion states the facts. When this case was called for trial in the district court of Sumner county, Kansas, the defendant objected to going to trial, upon the ground that there was no original complaint and warrant in said district court, certified by the police judge to be the original. This objection was by the court overruled, and the police judge was permitted, in open court, and outside of the corporate limits of the city of South Haven, and in the city of Wellington, to act in his official capacity as police judge, and attach a paper, alleged to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Green, C.:
William Christian was charged with selling intoxicating liquor in violation of an ordinance of the city of South Haven, in Sumner county. He was convicted in the police court of the city, and appealed to the district court, where he was again tried and convicted. The *232trial in the district court occurred on the 27th day of November, 1891, at the November term of the court, which ended with the Monday before the first Tuesday in January, 1892. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial within the statutory time, but the hearing of the motion was continued from time to time…
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