People Ex Rel. Courtney v. Green

These cases are here on original petitions for writs of mandamus to compel the respondents, each of whom is a judge of the municipal court of Chicago, to expunge from the records of that court certain orders setting aside judgment of conviction and commitment to the house of correction of certain defendants under charges of misdemeaner, made in each case by an information filed therein. The facts differ somewhat in each case but the controlling question raised in each is identical, and is whether the respondents had jurisdiction to enter the orders complained of by relator. In each case the…