Hancock v. Nye

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Sedgwick county district court denying an injunction sought by appellant to halt proceedings before an examining magistrate instituted to determine whether appellant should be held for trial for certain felonies charged against him.

It appears that appellant, C. O. Hancock, was elected clerk of the city court of Wichita in 1922, and because of official misconduct he was ousted from that office some time in 1924. Notwithstanding such delinquency, he was reelected in November, 1924, following which the…