Legal Opinion

State v. Beebe

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1874PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Sedgwick District Cov/rt. In October 1873 one Joseph Lowe was arrested upon a warrant charging him with the commission of a felony. He waived an examination, and entered into a recognizance iu the sum of $2,000, with two sureties for his appearance to the next term of. the Sedgwick district court.

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Appeal from Sedgwick District Cov/rt. In October 1873 one Joseph Lowe was arrested upon a warrant charging him with the commission of a felony. He waived an examination, and entered into a recognizance iu the sum of $2,000, with two sureties for his appearance to the next term of. the Sedgwick district court. On the 8th of December afterward his sureties, “at Lowe’s request,” (as they testify,) “turned Lowe over to the sheriff verbally, and took the sheriff’s receipt for him.” The receipt is as follows: “Received of S. H. K. and R. M. S., sureties on the recognizance of Joseph Lowe, the body…

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The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J,:

The defendant was tried and convicted upon a charge for feloniously aiding a prisoner to escape. It seems that one Joseph Lowe was charged with the offense of assault with the intent to commit murder. He entered into a recognizance for his appearance at the next term of the district court. Afterward, at his own request, he was delivered by his sureties to the sheriff of the county, and the sheriff gave the sureties a receipt therefor. The sheriff then delivered him into the custody of one John Nugent, to be guarded, and by agreement Lowe…

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2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1966
  2. People v. Ah TeungCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  3. King v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1900
  4. Whalen v. CristellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1946
  5. Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1967

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