Davenport v. Justice Court

The defendant Hyde is a justice of the peace in district No. 1 of Crook County. The plaintiffs in this proceeding sued out a writ of review against Hyde and the Justice’s Court to determine the sufficiency of a judgment rendered in that court convicting them on a complaint charging them with the crime of unlawfully having intoxicating liquor in their possession. In the Circuit Court the writ of review was dismissed. The plaintiffs gave notice of appeal on June 4, 1921.

On July 2, 1921, they filed in this court an abstract which contains a copy of the notice of appeal but no copy of the…