Ex parte Arnold
Supreme Court of Missouri
Habeas Corpus. (1) The criminal court of Jackson county had authority, by virtue of its inherent powers as a court of record, proceeding according to the course of the common law, to issue process commanding petitioner to appear as a witness before its grand jury with the ballot boxes and ballots or to produce any other documentary evidence in his office to aid said grand jury in its investigation of crimes in said county.
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Habeas Corpus. (1) The criminal court of Jackson county had authority, by virtue of its inherent powers as a court of record, proceeding according to the course of the common law, to issue process commanding petitioner to appear as a witness before its grand jury with the ballot boxes and ballots or to produce any other documentary evidence in his office to aid said grand jury in its investigation of crimes in said county. See Green-leaf on Evidence [Redfield’s Ed.], sec. 309. (2) Prior to the constitution of 1875 the criminal court of Jackson county was created a court of record with full…
1Opinion of the Court
Gantt, J. —
The petitioner is the recorder of voters of Kansas City. The law creating his office and defin*258ing his duties requires him at each election in said city, under the laws of this state and the charter of said city, to receive the ballot boxes containing the ballots cast at such election from the judges of each precinct. In his application for the writ of habeas corpus he represents that on the thirteenth day of March, 1895, the ■criminal court of Jackson county made the following order:
“Now at this day comes the grand jury in a body Into open court and presents to the court a petition…
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- The People v. . Simeon DraperNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- People ex rel. Williams v. CicottMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
- Jones v. GlidewellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1890
- Ex parte BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Williams v. SteinIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
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