State ex rel. Stubbs v. Dawson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

This is an action in mandamus to require the attorney-general to prosecute a proceeding under a section of the prohibitory liquor law, which authorizes the attorney-general and prosecuting attorneys who may be notified or who have knowledge of the violations-of that act to issue subpoenas and examine witnesses touching its violation. (Laws 1909, ch. 164, § 6, Gen. Stat. 1909, § 4366.)

The application for the writ states the following facts: In June, 1911, a newspaper writer residing in; Topeka wrote a letter to a syndicate of newspapers,…