Collins v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
PETITION for Writ of Prohibition to the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, William P. Lawlor, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
The petitioner asks this court,to issue its writ prohibiting the superior court from proceeding to try him upon an accusation presented in the form of an indictment, but which he contends is no indictment, because, as he alleges, it was presented by an illegal body, and does not, as. he contends, state facts constituting any offense of which the superior court has jurisdiction. We express no opinion upon either of these questions, or upon the propriety of issuing any writ, because we think the cause is not properly here. It is no doubt within our jurisdiction, if we chose to exercise it. But…
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