058: Dodge City Police Docket - Page 24

Creator

Preview

Identifier

0059_Page 24

Date

7-30-1878

Description

A page from the Dodge City police docket ledger detailing a court case against James Kennedy for illegally carrying a firearm.

Physical Description

11" x 16" leather bound ledger page

Rights

This material is in the public domain.

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Repository

Ford County Historical Society

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

"058: Dodge City Police Docket - Page 24" (1878). Dodge City Police Docket. 59.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/dodgecity/59

Language

eng

Transcription

Docket, Police Judge, City of Dodge City, Kansas. The City of Dodge City, Plaintiff, No. 374 vs. James Kennedy, Defendant. In the Police Court, Before Samuel Marshall, Police Judge, in and for the City of Dodge City, Ford County, State of Kansas. Fine, 3.00. Costs, Judge, Docket, .10 Number, .10, Title, .10, Complaint, .25. Warrant, .25. Subpoena, Swearing, Witness, Trial, .50, Judgement, .25, Entering Judgement, .25, Mittimus, Commitment, Continuance, Entries, .50. Filing Papers, .10 Index, .10. Fine and costs paid July 30, 1878. City Attorney. 3.00 Received my fee E.F. Colburn, Atty. City Marshal. 2.00, Paid Marshal Earp July 30, 1878. Witnesses, Total. 10.50 Fine paid R.G. Cook August 20, 1878. James Kennedy Defendant arrested on the complaint of Wyatt Earp charging that on the 29th day of July AD. 1878, at the said City of Dodge City, the said Defendant James Kennedy did within the corporate limits of the said City then and there unlawfully carry concealed about his person a certain dangerous and deadly weapon, “to wit” a pistol. Contrary to the provisions of Section XI of Ordinance No. 16 Relating to Misdemeanors. Now on this 30th day of July 1878 comes this cause for hearing. Case called. Defendant present in court and after hearing the charges contained in the complaint read enters a plea of “guilty.” Whereupon it is by the court considered ordered and adjudicated that the defendant James Kennedy is guilty as charged in the complaint and that he pay a fine of three dollars and the costs of this prosecution. Witness my hand: Samuel Marshall, Police Judge.