City of Burlington v. James
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Coffey District Court. A eull statement of the facts and proceedings will be found in the opinion. James, defendant, was convicted in the district court, at the May Term 1874, of an alleged violation of an ordinance of The City of Burlington; and .from such conviction and judgment he appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
*222The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The defendant, Reuben Janies, was charged before the police judge of the city of Burlington with violating a certain ordinance of said city prohibiting the keeping of billiard tables. He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced before said police judge, and then he appealed to the district court. In the district court he moved to quash the complaint, because, as he claimed, the same did “not set forth facts sufficient to constitute a public offense against the ordinance of the city of Burlington.” The court sustained the the motion, to…
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