In re Carroll

Citations

• 91 Kan. 395
• 137 P. 975
• 1914 Kan. LEXIS 43

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>I. Police Judge — Cities of First Class — Legislature Created the Office — Commission May Appoint without City Ordinance. The office of police judge in cities of the first class operating under the commission form of government was created by the legislature itself, and the passage of an ordinance' by the mayor and commissioners fixing'the term and salary of sueh officer is not essential to the authority of the commissioners to appoint a police judge. . . . • .</p> <p>:2. Same — Power to Parole Prisoner — No Power. to Recommit after Term of Sentence has Expired. Under the provisions of chapter 116 of the Laws of 1909 a-judge of the police court of cities of the first or second class may parole persons convicted of the' violation of city 'ordinances under such restrictions as he may.see fit to impose, but he has no power to' extend the conditions of the parole beyond the term of sentence nor has he authority after that time to declare that the conditions of the parole have been violated and to recommit the prisoner and require him to serve the unexpired part of his sentence. - ■ ■ .</p>