Legal Opinion

State v. Clyne

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1894PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from, Stafford District Court. On the 5th day of October, 1892, there was filed in- the di&trict court of Stafford county the following information, omitting caption, jurat, and the names of witnesses: “I, the undersigned county attorney of Stafford county, Kansas, in the name and by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, give information, that on the 22d day September, 1892, in said county of Stafford and state of Kansas, one Joseph Clyne did then and…

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Appeal from, Stafford District Court. On the 5th day of October, 1892, there was filed in- the di&trict court of Stafford county the following information, omitting caption, jurat, and the names of witnesses: “I, the undersigned county attorney of Stafford county, Kansas, in the name and by the authority and on behalf of the state of Kansas, give information, that on the 22d day September, 1892, in said county of Stafford and state of Kansas, one Joseph Clyne did then and there unlawfully, willfully and maliciously make, compose, write, and publish, and cause to be written and published, a…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HoktON, C. J.:

On January 25, 1891, and prior thereto, the county treasurer’s office, with the other public offices of Stafford county, were situated in the courthouse in St. John, *15in that county; and on the night of that day the treasurer’s office was forcibly entered, and moneys, books, etc., stolen. Some time afterward the county attorney of Stafford county commenced criminal prosecutions against several persons who were suspected of committing the offense, and among others against Joseph Clyne and B. A. Webber. At the time of the burglary and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Castle v. HoustonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Coleman v. MacLennanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
  2. Cobb v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  3. Gray v. . CartwrightSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
  4. Reid v. NicholsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  5. State v. OsbornSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894

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