Legal Opinion
Olds v. Com'lth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 5, 1821PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On a writ of error to reverse an order of the Jessamine circuit court.
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Owsley
delivered the opinion.
In pursuance to information given by the sheriff, the oounty court of Jessamine, at its May term, 1819, made an order directing WRham Oids to be summoned to ap* pear at the next terra of the court to shew cause why he should not be fined and trebly taxed for failing to give in his billiard table for taxation.
The process having been served on Olds, he appeared and moved the court to dismiss the prosecution on the grounds,
1st. That the penalty prescribed in such a case exceeds the jurisdiction of the county court.
2d That the information was not given by the…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Herring v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Doe ex dem. Gaines v. BufordCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1833
- Bowman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
- Boden v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1952
- Herring v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975