People Ex Rel. Palmer v. Adams

Frank L. Palmer and others have filed in this court their petition for a writ of habeas corpus, naming as the respondents William II. Adams, governor, and Paul P. Newlon, adjutant general, of the State of Colorado, wherein petitioners allege that they have been unlawfully imprisoned by the state officers, and aslc for the issuance of the writ to release them from custody.

We decline to take jurisdiction for the following reasons : The case of Wheeler v. Northern Colorado Irrigation Co., 9 Colo. 248, 11 Pac. 103, in an opinion by Mr. Justice Helm, is, perhaps, the principal case relating to…