Cooper v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This appeal is from an order of the district court of Bourbon County overruling plaintiff’s motion for relief under K. S. A. 60-1507.

The facts are not complicated. On December 21, 1963, the plaintiff was arrested without a warrant by police officers of Fort Scott, Kansas, and placed in jail. On January 2, 1964, a complaint was filed charging plaintiff (appellant herein) with three counts of soliciting children under the age of fifteen years with the intent to induce them to commit immoral acts.

The following day, January 3, 1964, plaintiff…