In re Farrell
Montana Supreme Court
Original Application on behalf of William P. Farrell, convicted of the crime of forgery, for writ of habeas corpus. The requirement found in section 4645 of the Political Code that the juror’s certificate must be under seal is mandatory, and without the seal the certificate is void. Mandatory statutes are imperative; they must be strictly pursued; otherwise the proceeding which is taken ostensibly by virtue thereof will be void.
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Original Application on behalf of William P. Farrell, convicted of the crime of forgery, for writ of habeas corpus. The requirement found in section 4645 of the Political Code that the juror’s certificate must be under seal is mandatory, and without the seal the certificate is void. Mandatory statutes are imperative; they must be strictly pursued; otherwise the proceeding which is taken ostensibly by virtue thereof will be void. Compliance therewith, substantially, is a condition precedent; that is, the validity of acts done under a mandatory statute depends upon a compliance with its…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
On December 1, 1906, the complainant, having theretofore been tried and found guilty of forgery under each of two in-formations presented against him by the county attorney of Silver Bow county, was condemned to serve successive terms of fourteen years each, at hard labor in the state prison, the second term to begin at the expiration of the first. For execution of the judgments he was committed to the custody of the sheriff, who now detains him in the county jail pending appeals to this court, the presiding judge having certified that there is probable cause therefor. It is alleged that this…
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