People v. Wells
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourth Judicial District. This cause was submitted to the Court upon the following agreed case: “ It is agreed by S. C. Hastings, Attorney-General, on the part of the People, and by Alexander Wells, respondent, in proper person, that the case herein shall be presented to this Court as though judgment had been entered pro forma for the respondent, in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of California, upon a writ of quo warranto,…
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Appeal from the Fourth Judicial District. This cause was submitted to the Court upon the following agreed case: “ It is agreed by S. C. Hastings, Attorney-General, on the part of the People, and by Alexander Wells, respondent, in proper person, that the case herein shall be presented to this Court as though judgment had been entered pro forma for the respondent, in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of California, upon a writ of quo warranto, issued out of said District Court, and in the same manner as if all the necessary proceedings were had upon the return of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Murray
This Court is called upon to adjudicate a question of grave importance, not only to the respondent, but to itself, to those whose rights may be affected by our determinations, and to the whole public, who are interested in the proper administration of justice. In order to understand and correctly solve this difficult question, it is necessary to strip it of all the incumbrances arising from supposed consequences, and inquire what are the strict constitutional rights of the respondent. Extreme cases should seldom be resorted to as arguments; for there is no proposition in moral science,…
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