Powell v. Hays
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Original petition for mandamus; H. S. Powell filed a petition for mandamus in this court against Hon. George W. Hays, judge of the thirteenth judicial district, alleging “that the plaintiff is the duly elected, qualified and acting prosecuting attorney within and for the thirteenth district of the State of Arkansas, and the defendant is the duly elected, qualified and acting circuit judge of said district.
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Original petition for mandamus; H. S. Powell filed a petition for mandamus in this court against Hon. George W. Hays, judge of the thirteenth judicial district, alleging “that the plaintiff is the duly elected, qualified and acting prosecuting attorney within and for the thirteenth district of the State of Arkansas, and the defendant is the duly elected, qualified and acting circuit judge of said district. That there are numerous persons now confined in the jail of Lafayette County awaiting trial upon various charges of crimes and felonies, and the defendant, as prosecuting attorney…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
The prosecuting attorney of the thirteenth judicial circuit invokes the supervisory jurisdiction of this court by filing herein a petition for mandamus, in which he alleges that the circuit judge of his circuit has declined to hold a term of the Lafayette Circuit Court which is fixed by law to begin on the 4th Monday in July, and prays that the circuit judge be commanded to hold said July term of the Lafayette Circuit Court. Precedents for this exercise of the supervisory jurisdiction of this court are found in Parker v. Sanders, 46 Ark. 229, and Waterman v. Hawkins, 75 Ark. 120.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Waterman v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- People ex rel. Partello v. McCulloughIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Hunt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- People ex rel. Lanphier v. HatchIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Seven Hickory v. EllerySupreme Court of the United States · 1881
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- Arkansas State Fair Ass'n v. HodgesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
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