State v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Wilson District Court. Prosecution under § 19, chapter 128, Laws of 1881. At the September Term, 1881, the district court quashed the complaint against the defendant Barrett. The Slate appeals. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a criminal prosecution under §19 of chapter 128 of the Laws of 1881. The action was commenced before a justice of the peace, and was appealed to the district court, where the district court quashed the complaint against the defendant, upon the ground that said §19 was enacted in violation of § 16, article 2, of the constitution, and is therefore void; or at least, that it is void so far as it has any application to this case.
Section 16, article 2 of the constitution provides that “No *216bill shall contain more than one subject,…
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