People ex rel. Riordan v. Hersey

The question is whether the office of jury commissioner is a state office. I think this is settled by the case of People v. Higgins, 67 Colo. 441, 184 Pac. 365, following People v. *496Curley, 5 Colo. 412, 421, where it is said that if the duties of an officer concern the whole state he is a state officer even though elected or appointed for the city and though his powers are confined to local limits and however he is appointed and however paid; and that the administration of justice, the preservation of the public peace and the protection of the rights of the citizen, although confined to local…