People ex rel. Dunbar v. Denver District Court

This is an original proceeding in which the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State of Colorado, seeks a writ in the nature of prohibition against the District Court in and for the City and County of Denver, Colorado, and Joseph J. Walsh, as a judge thereof, to prohibit further proceedings in a certain cause pending in said court. An alternative writ was issued requiring respondents to show cause why the writ should not be made permanent. The case is now before us for determination upon the petition, the return and answer thereto.

The facts which give rise to this proceeding are…