People ex rel. Voelpel v. Warden of the City Prison

The return to the writ of certiorari to inquire into the cause of the detention of the above-named relator, shows that one of the city magistrates entertained a charge of homicide against the relator upon the sworn complaint of a police officer and that, upon an examination of numerous witnesses called upon behalf of the people, the relator was held without bail upon said charge, to await the action of the grand jury.

The return is accompanied by a copy of the testimony of numerous witnesses called upon the examination. The office of a writ of certiorari in a case of this character is solely…