Case Name: Frank Peterson v. The City of Ottawa
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1889-01
Citations: 41 Kan. 293
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frank Peterson v. The City of Ottawa.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 41
Pages: 293–294

Head Matter:
Frank Peterson v. The City of Ottawa.
Cbiminax. Case — Appeal — Practice. A criminal case cannot be brought to the supreme court from the district court by petition in error, but only by appeal and notice to the clerk and prosecuting attorney.
Appeal from Franklin District Court.
The opinion states the case. From a conviction at the April term, 1887, the defendant Peterson, a barber, appeals.
H. P. Welsh, for appellant.
G. A. Smart, city attorney, contra.

Opinion:
Per Cwriam:
Prank Peterson was convicted in the police court of the city of Ottawa upon a charge of violating a city ordinance which prohibits persons from performing any labor other than household offices of daily necessity or works of necessity or charity on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and which forbids any person to keep open his place of business for the purpose of pursuing his usual vocation upon that day, except in cases of necessity or for charitable purposes. The ordinance is substantially a reenactment of the law of the state, as found in § 255 and 256 of the act regulating crimes and punishments. From this conviction he appealed to the district court, where he was again found guilty, and adjudged to pay a fine of five dollars and the costs of prosecution, and to stand committed until the fine and costs were paid. For the purpose of reversing that judgment, he attempts to bring the case to this court by petition in error and transcript of the record.
This court is without jurisdiction to review the rulings of the district court, as the case is a criminal one and can be brought to this court by appeal and upon notice to the clerk and prosecuting attorney only, and cannot be by petition in error. (Neitzel v. City of Concordia, 14 Kas. 447; McLean v. The State, 28 id. 372; The State v. Teissedre, 30 id. 210.)
The petition in error will be dismissed.