In re Massey
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Habeas Corpus. Application by 0. P. Massey for a discharge on habeas corpus. The opinion, filed November 9, 1895, states the material facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allen, J.: The petition in this case shows that the petitioner is marshal of the city of Wichita; that a complaint was duly filed in the police court charging Henry Schnitzler, William Schnitzler, James Burns and Henry Billman with keeping a nuisance in violation of the prohibitory liquor law. A warrant was thereupon duly issued, and under it the petitioner arrested the parties, and seized certain personal property, consisting of beer, whisky, bottles, tables, and other articles found in the place described in the warrant as kept by the defendants.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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