Brown v. Justice's Court of Carson Township

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition directed to the Justice of the Peace of Ormsby County. The writ is based on the allegation that that officer lost jurisdiction over petitioners charged with escape from the state prison.

On January 30, 1967, six of the petitioners were arrested and then booked in the county jail of Ormsby County for escape from the state prison where they had been confined for conviction of crimes. The complaints for escape were filed against the petitioners on February 23, 1967. On March 3 the petitioners, who had been placed in…