City of Topeka v. Stevenson

The opinion- of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The appellant was convicted of maintaining a nuisance under the prohibitory liquor law. The principal claim of error is that th,e learned judge of the district court carried the doctrine of judicial notice beyond its utmost limits in charging the jury that the letters “R. M. L. D.,” used in the records of the collector of internal revenue.to designate the business *395carried on by the appellant, have been used in connection with the revenue business of the United States government to such an extent that their meaning has become a part of our…