State v. B'd of Aldermen of Newport
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Certiorari. On motion for a citation. The petition which was preferred by the Attorney General, alleges that the Board of Aldermen of the city of Newport on the 1st of August, 1893, in the pretended discharge of the duty imposed upon them by the Judiciary Act, cap. 7, § 7, adopted as a list of persons inhabiting said city who were qualified to serve as jurors, a list of persons which was not in fact a list of persons whom said board thought well qualified to serve as jurors,…
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Certiorari. On motion for a citation. The petition which was preferred by the Attorney General, alleges that the Board of Aldermen of the city of Newport on the 1st of August, 1893, in the pretended discharge of the duty imposed upon them by the Judiciary Act, cap. 7, § 7, adopted as a list of persons inhabiting said city who were qualified to serve as jurors, a list of persons which was not in fact a list of persons whom said board thought well qualified to serve as jurors, and who, in the judgment of said board, were persons having the qualifications required by said act, but was in fact a…
1Per curiam
'The petitioner has not satisfied us that a case is made in the petition, sufficient to entitle him to a citation.
Certiorari lies to review the proceedings of an inferior court, or of boards, commissioners or officers acting in a judicial character. It operates directly on the record, and, hence, parol evidence is inadmissible except in relation to facts on which the exercise'of jurisdiction by the inferior court, board or officer depends. Dexter v. Town Council of Cumberland, 17 R. I. 222; Lonsdale Co. v. License Commissioners, ante, p. .5.
In the present, instance, it is conceded that the…
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