People ex rel. Robison v. Swift
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. On August 12, 1885, indictments were presented to the Wayne County Circuit Court, by a grand jury, against two of the aldermen of the city of Detroit, for accepting and soliciting bribes in violation of sections 9211 and 9212, How.
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Mandamus. On August 12, 1885, indictments were presented to the Wayne County Circuit Court, by a grand jury, against two of the aldermen of the city of Detroit, for accepting and soliciting bribes in violation of sections 9211 and 9212, How. Stat. Said indictments were transferred to the Recorder’s Court of said city, under a provision of its charter, for trial, and such proceedings were thereafter had as resulted in a motion by the respondents to quash the indictments for several reasons, and among them the following: “ Because the said indictment, on its face, charges, if anything, an…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
This is an application to compel the judge of the recorder’s court to proceed to the trial of certain indictments for bribery, found in the circuit court for the county of Wayne, and quashed by respondent for want of jurisdiction.
It is opposed on several grounds, the material of which were:
1. That this court cannot proceed on relator’s representation, or at all, to review respondent’s action in this way;
2. That the indictments were found by an unlawful grand .Fiy;
3. That the offenses charged are, under the charter of Detroit, only to be prosecuted under the city charter, in the way there…
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