Legal Opinion

In re Lowrie

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 15, 1885PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Petition for writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.

The petitioner- charges, in his petition for the writ of habeas corpus, that he is illegally deprived and restrained of his liberty by confinement at hard labor in the state penitentiary, under a judgment of the criminal court of Arapahoe county, rendered against him upon a conviction for grand larceny.

The illegality charged is that he was not proceeded against criminally for said offense upon the presentment *500or indictment of the grand jury, but upon an information filed by the district attorney of the second judicial district. He alleges that the matter complained of renders his trial and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Somerville's Executors v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  3. Rowan v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  4. People ex rel. Tucker v. RuckerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1880

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. People v. MaxSupreme Court of Colorado · 1921
  2. Falgout v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969
  3. People v. EnlowSupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
  4. Reale v. Board of Real Estate AppraisersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  5. People v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005

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