Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 26.400 (2026)

Repealed, 1978

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Catchline at repeal: Jury in police courts. History: Repealed 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 491, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, secs. 6 and 61. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2913, 3154, 3160, 3365, 3530.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1943–1973 · leading case: Ditty v. Hampton, 490 S.W.2d 772 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973).
Ditty v. Hampton, 490 S.W.2d 772 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). “See KRS 26.400; Houk v. Starck, 251 Ky. 276 , 64 S.”
Garner v. Shouse, Police Judge, 168 S.W.2d 42 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “010) prescribes the jurisdiction of police courts to be the same as that of justices of the peace to try penal and misdemeanor cases and section 3530, Kentucky Statutes (KRS 26.400), a charter provision of fourth class cities (to which belongs the town of Lawrenceburg), provides…”
Clifton v. Blackburn, 468 S.W.2d 267 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 2× “on brought this action in the Floyd Circuit Court to enjoin Judge Blackburn from proceeding with the police court case upon the ground that since neither the police court nor the city makes provision for the payment of jurors for their services the juries empaneled from time to…”
Williams v. Pierson, 191 S.W.2d 574 (Ky. Ct. App. 1945). “KRS 26.400 provides that the use of a jury in criminal cases in the police court in a city of the fifth class, of which Drakesboro is one, shall be governed by section 319 of the Criminal Code of Practice.”
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 26.400(4): 1 case
Clifton v. Blackburn, 468 S.W.2d 267 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971). “on brought this action in the Floyd Circuit Court to enjoin Judge Blackburn from proceeding with the police court case upon the ground that since neither the police court nor the city makes provision for the payment of jurors for their services the juries empaneled from time to…”
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