In re Swartz

Opinion by

Strang, C.:

At the April term, 1891, of the district court of Shawnee county, the grand jury thereof returned an indictment containing three counts against C. L. Swartz, charging him with having in said county published, circulated and had in his possession the Kansas City Sunday Sun, a newspaper devoted largely to the publication of scandals, lechery, assignation, intrigues between men and women, and immoral conduct of persons. May 8, 1891, warrants were issued on said indictment, upon which the said C. L. Swartz was arrested, taken and held in custody of the sheriff of said county.…