McLean v. State
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wabaunsee District Court. At the March Term, 1881, of the district court, John B. McLean and Walter A. Buel were convicted of grand larceny, and sentenced to the penitentiary, from which judgment, they bring error. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Defendants were convicted in the district court of Wabaunsee county of the crime of grand larceny, and sentenced to the penitentiary. The proceedings in that *373case they have attempted to bring to this court by a petition in error. This cannot be done. Criminal cases are brought to this court by appeal only. (Comp. Laws 1879, ch. 82, art. 14; Carr v. The State, 1 Kas. 331; The State v. Boyle, 10 Kas. 113; The State v. Ashmore, 19 Kas. 544.) It is true that besides the petition in error, there appears in the record a notice of appeal served…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. BoyleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
- Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1863
- State v. McEwenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
- State v. HaganSupreme Court of Kansas · 1879
- State v. AshmoreSupreme Court of Kansas · 1878
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