State v. Jury
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Alfeed F. Seabs, Jb., Judge. Application by the State of Oregon, on relation of Charles F. Lord, District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District, for writ of mandamus to compel the grand jury of Multnomah County to inquire into a certain criminal charge. From a judgment dismissing the writ, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bean
This is a mandamus proceeding, commenced in April, 1897, to compel the then grand jury of Multnomah County to inquire into a criminal charge against one Anderson, who had previously been committed to await its action. *543The grand jurors answered, setting up matters which they claimed constituted a defense to the alternative writ. A demurrer to the answer was overruled, and, the plaintiff declining to proceed or plead further, the writ was dismissed, and the plaintiff appeals.
About the time the transcript was filed, or soon thereafter, the grand jury was discharged, so that it is now impossible…
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