Legal Opinion

State v. Hall

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1888PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error from Saline District Court. At the-Hecember term, 1887, of the district court of Saline county, the grand jury found and returned an indictment, consisting of two counts, against J. S. Hall. In the first count he was charged, in' connection with one Hannah E. Weller, with forging and counterfeiting a warranty deed, on or about September 1, 1886, at Saline county, under §114, subdivision 1 of the crimes act. The second count charged Hall alone with the offense.

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Error from Saline District Court. At the-Hecember term, 1887, of the district court of Saline county, the grand jury found and returned an indictment, consisting of two counts, against J. S. Hall. In the first count he was charged, in' connection with one Hannah E. Weller, with forging and counterfeiting a warranty deed, on or about September 1, 1886, at Saline county, under §114, subdivision 1 of the crimes act. The second count charged Hall alone with the offense. On this indictment a warrant was issued; and Hall having removed to California, a requisition was obtained from the governor of…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

VALENTINE, J.:

The judgment of the court below must be affirmed. The question presented is this: Where a fugitive from justice from the state of Kansas to another state has lawfully been extradited from such other state back to Kansas for the purpose that he may be required to answer to a criminal charge contained in a certain indictment, can he at once *340be put upon trial to answer to another and different criminal charge, contained in another and different indictment, but a charge of an offense for which he could have been, but was not extradited? In…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. RauscherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. In re CannonMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Commonwealth v. HawesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
  4. State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888
  5. Van Horn v. Great Western Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1887

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Lascelles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
  2. Jackson v. OlsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1946
  3. State v. WellmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1918
  4. Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
  5. Knox v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1905

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