Keefe v. District Court of Carbon County
Wyoming Supreme Court
Application for writ of prohibition. The proceeding was instituted on behalf of Frank J. Keefe to restrain the district'court of Carbon County from proceeding ,to try him upon a second information for murder in the first degree, the case upon the first information having been transferred to Albany County on change of venue, and being there pending. The plaintiffs in the proceeding were Frank J. Keefe, and the State of Wyoming on the Relation of said Frank J. Keefe.
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Application for writ of prohibition. The proceeding was instituted on behalf of Frank J. Keefe to restrain the district'court of Carbon County from proceeding ,to try him upon a second information for murder in the first degree, the case upon the first information having been transferred to Albany County on change of venue, and being there pending. The plaintiffs in the proceeding were Frank J. Keefe, and the State of Wyoming on the Relation of said Frank J. Keefe. The defendants were the District Court of Judicial District No. 3, or the Third Judicial District, of the State of Wyoming-…
1Opinion of the Court
Beard, Justice.
This is an original proceeding commenced in this court by the plaintiffs praying- for a writ of prohibition to be directed to the defendants, the district court of Juidcial District Number Three within and for Carbon County, and David H. Craig, judge of said court, commanding- it and him to desist and refrain from any further proceedings in a certain criminal action now appearing to be pending in said district court, wherein the State of Wyoming is plaintiff, and the plaintiff herein, Frank J. Keefe, and one William Keefe are defendants. Upon presentation of the petition an…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Havemeyer v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
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- State v. EatonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
- People ex rel. L'Abbe v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1899
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