Legal Opinion

State v. Jack

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided May 7, 1904No. 13,774PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from Shawnee district court; Z. T. Hazjen, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

*389The opinion of the court was delivered by

Atkinson, J.:

This is an appeal by John D. Jack from a judgment of imprisonment for contempt by the district court of Shawnee county. Appellant, as a witness, refused to answer certain questions in a proceeding, or investigation, in that court concerning the existence of unlawful combinations of coal-operators, and was adjudged guilty of contempt.

On September 3, 1903, the attorney-general and the county attorney of Shawnee county, proceeding under section 10 of chapter 265, Laws of 1897 (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 7873), filed in the district court of Shawnee…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Matter of RoussNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Thompson v. AmisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1972
  3. State v. SorianoCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1984
  4. Ex Parte MuncyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905

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