State v. Skinner
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeals from Osage District Court. On April 21, 1884, an indictment was filed in the district court of Osage county against Charles Skinner, charging him in seven different counts with unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors in violation of chapter 128, Laws of 1881, commonly known as the prohibitory liquor law.
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Appeals from Osage District Court. On April 21, 1884, an indictment was filed in the district court of Osage county against Charles Skinner, charging him in seven different counts with unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors in violation of chapter 128, Laws of 1881, commonly known as the prohibitory liquor law. Afterward, Skinner was arrested, and at the proper time filed a plea in abatement, which charged that the trustees of Osage county for the year 1884 did not select for jury service the names of persons on the assessment rolls of 1883, but willfully neglected, failed and refused so to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
In all these cases the defendants were convicted of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors without a permit, in violation of the prohibitory liquor law of 1881. They are so nearly similar, and have so many points in common, that they may be considered together.
I. We think the trial court very properly refused to receive any evidence in support of the pleas in abatement, charging that the members of the grand jury returning the indictments in these cases were not drawn and summoned in accordance with the provisions of the statute. A plea…
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