Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-08
STATES APPEAL DISMISSED BY THE
SUPREME COURT.
MURDERER HUNT MUST HANG.
TO DIE; At COLUMBIA. JANUARY Is,
FOR KILLING HIS DAUGHTER.
Important Ruling by Judge CAN'T in
Regard to Occupation TaNes-
A BrookfeId City Ordinance
Knocked Out-Other -
Decisions.

jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 7.-tSpeciai)
George W. Fraker, the insurance swlndlsr.
scored another victory in division No. of
the supreme court to-day Judge Can't
MED an opinion dSmisSinG the appeal OF
the state from a Judgment sustaining i
motion to quash the indictment against
Fraker in the Ray county. circuit court
because the trial court failed to enter a
:nai Judgment in the case. This Is the
second appeal of the state dismissed by
this court in the Fraker case. The other
case was dismissed because no perfect rec
orc was filed in the supreme court. FraSer
Is the man who hid himself that large
amount of insurance money might be col
iected on his life For this he was III
dicted in Ray county.
John Hunt to Hang.
Division No. . of the supreme court to-day
sentenced John Hunt. Sr.. TO be hanged
in Columbia on January l.. 1885. for the
murder of his daughter. Matte. Rec Hunt,
ON August % 1885,.
Hunt was intoxicated when he committed
the crime. He quarreled with his wife
and abused her severely.
Miss Hunt said to her mother. II would
not stand IT. Hunt for this drew his pis-
:ol and shot her. She died in a few days.
He was tried in the Boone county circuit
court and found guilty of murder in the
first degree. and from this decision he ap-
pealed to the supreme court
His plea was insanity. Judge Burgess
wrote the opinion of the supreme court
and the other judges concurred.
License Tax Decision.
Division No. of the supreme court to-
day in an opinion by Judge CAN'T made an
important ruling in regard TO occupation
taxes levied by cities of this state against
its citizens This court holds that to be
legal the tax must be Il specific amount on
each occupation without regard to the as
sessed valuation of the property
Henry Tooey. Brooflfield merchant.
was fined so by the police court of that
city for violating an ordinance of the city
levying a license tax of l per cent on his
stock of goods in addition to his regular
city tax of 80 cents per Sl90 assessed valu-
alton. The case was appealed to the cir
cult court of Linn county, which court af-
firmed the Judgment and the defendant
appealed to the supreme court The SUI
preme court declares the ordinance uncon-
stitutional and reversed the case.
Divisions Nos. l and 2 of the supreme
court rendered opinions in cases as fol-
lows:
Per Curiam-Cunningham VS.. Roush: mo-
ton to affirm overruled- Skinker vs. He
man: transferred to court en- banc.
BY Presiding Judge Barclay-St. Francis
Mill Company VS.. SuSg; affirmed. St.
Francis Mill Company vs.. susg: reversed
and remanded.
reversed and remanded. Jacobs vs. Omaha
Life Association: reversed and remanded-
Heman Us. Wade: transferred TO ST. Louis
court of appeals
BY Judge Robinson-Stevenson VS.. Park
Stationery Company CThird National bank
Company vs.. Lindell ct nj. Davis, appel
liant: reversed and remanded.
Motions for rehearings were overruled in
nell VS.. Headley. Other motions were
passed on as follows: Shepherd vs.. Robert
son. motion to affirm Judgment sustained:
Union Central Life Insurance Company VS..
Summit. motion to vacate supersedeaS
overruled: Woodbury. VS.. Flynn. motion to
| affirm judgment sustained; Gordon VS..
tanned; state ex rel Hayes VS.. Ladd con-
tinued to April term, 1893, on stipulation:
Largue vs.. Burnside, motion to affirm filed
ST. Louis county court return of respond
ent filed. until December q for relator to
plead to return: Elley vs. Caldwell. appeal
of error and for supersedeas filed by ap-
pellant.
Court adjourned to December q, 1897.
Division No. 2.
BY Presiding Judge Gantt-State VS.. Fra
ksr: appeal dismissed. State vs.. Westlake.
City of Brookfield VS.. Tooey: reversed.
BY Judge Sherwood-Bartlett VS.. Ball:
reversed and remanded- Won de Weld ct al
VS.. Judy ct al: affirmed. Won de Weld VS..
Judy ct al; affirmed.
BY Judge Burgess-Loring VS.. Groomcr.
affirmed Jones VS.. Yore ct al. reversed and
| remanded: state VS.. Hunt. Sr., affirmed,
execution set for January Il. 1885: state VS..
Taylor. rehearing granted and case set for
January call.
The following criminal cases We're ad-
vanced to the January call: State vs.. Sum-
mers; state VS.. Whtsett: state vs. Barton;
state VS.. Rapp; state vs.. Knock; state VS..
Summar; state VS.. Rowe; state vs. Kar-
corvski: state vs.. Silk: state vs.. Phares:
state VS.. Case: state VS.. Rose: state vs.
Wilson; state VS.. Cornelius.
ELEVEN YEARS IN CHAINS.