People v. Schneider

The trial court, on motion of defendants in error, quashed a series of indictments returned against them by a grand jury. From the ruling of the trial court in three of these cases the People are here by writ of error, seeking reversal. For convenience of all parties, the three cases have been consolidated. The defendants, at the times referred to, were County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Colorado.

On April 21, 1954, the District Attorney of the first judicial district filed in the district court a petition for a Grand Jury and on April 27, 1954, the court entered an order that a grand…