Legal Opinion

Rankin & Zahn v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 7, 1873PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Case 3 — BOND TO KEEP THE PEACE APPEAL FROM LOUISVILLE CITY COURT. CITED Hawkins, P. C., 260, 254, 657, 259. Criminal Code, secs. 378, 387, 394. Charter of City of Louisville of 1870. 2 Blackstone, pages 210,104. 6 Bush, 514. 3 Met. 377, 378. 6 Dana, 318. 1 Duvall, 199. 14 B. Mon. 390. 5 J. J. Marsh. 30. 33 Georgia, 190. 5 J. J. Marsh. 181, 132. CITED Criminal Code, sec. 378, subsec. 3; secs. 381, 387, 394, 670.

1Opinion of the Court

-CHIEF JUSTICE HARDIN

delivered the opinion oe the court.

Upon the trial of a warrant against Frank Rankin charging him of being “guilty of disorderly conduct” the judge of the Louisville City Court “ordered that he make his fine to the commonwealth by the payment of one cent, and took his recognizance, with Charles Zahn his surety, in the sum of one thousand dollars, as security that he would” keep the peace and be of good behavior toward all good citizens of this commonwealth for twelve months. Within the next ensuing month Rankin was again arrested and tried in the same court on the double…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Baker v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
  2. Ball v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  3. Commonwealth v. MahoneyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1881

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