In re Jarvis
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original proceeding in habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mason, J. :
A prosecution was begun before a justice of the peace in Ness county, charging the defendant, W. A. Jarvis, with a violation of chapter 271, Laws of 1901 (Gen. Stat. 1901, §§ 3922-3929), commonly known as the “pedler’s license act.” The defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced. Pie asks this court to discharge him upon habeas .corpus, on the ground that the act referred to is unconstitutional.
The state files a motion.to quash the writ, and submits the whole matter upon the motion, urging that, even if the unconstitutionality of the…
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