CITY OF TOPEKA v. BURGEN

No. 40,342

181 Kan. 71 (1957)

309 P.2d 415

CITY OF TOPEKA, Appellee, v. WALTER BURGEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Dickinson, David Prager, William W. Dimmitt, Jr., and Sam A. Crow, all of Topeka, were on the briefs for the appellant.

Malcolm G. Copeland, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Charles S. Fisher, Jr., Frederic J. Carman and James H. Hope, all of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

Defendant was charged with violating two ordinances of the city of Topeka — driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and with leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to a vehicle driven by another person. Following conviction in the police court he appealed to the district court. There he was acquitted of the first charge and convicted of the second, and...

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