City of Ottawa v. Johnson

Citations

• 73 Kan. 165
• 84 P. 749
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 223

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Appeal Bond — Signed by Defendant Alone — Validity. Where a defendant upon conviction in police court offers an appeal bond signed only by himself, and the police judge approves it and discharges him from custody, it is error for the district court to dismiss the appeal because the bond lacks the signature of a surety, although the statute provides that no appeal shall be allowed unless the appellant enters into a recognizance with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the police judge, for his appearance in the district court to answer the charge against him.</p>