People ex rel. Lindsley v. District Court
Supreme Court of Colorado
Original Proceeding. Application for Writ of Prohibition. This proceeding is instituted on behalf of the district attorney of the second judicial district, for the purpose of restraining the district court of that district, the Honorable Frank T. Johnson, the judge presiding over the criminal division thereof from supplanting the relator as adviser of the grand jury.
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Original Proceeding. Application for Writ of Prohibition. This proceeding is instituted on behalf of the district attorney of the second judicial district, for the purpose of restraining the district court of that district, the Honorable Frank T. Johnson, the judge presiding over the criminal division thereof from supplanting the relator as adviser of the grand jury. A rule to show cause having been issued, the respondent judge has made return, wherein he sets forth facts which, he contends justify the action of which relator complains. The material facts, as disclosed by the pleadings, upon…
1Per curiam
The sum and substance of the preceding preliminary statement, which fully states the attitude of the respective parties, is, that the respondent, who is presiding judge of the criminal division of the district court of Arapahoe county at the present term, has been advised—through various sources of information which he deemed sufficiently reliable to prompt him to act—of an attempt to bribe jurors engaged in the trial of the Anderson case and of the subsequent proceedings against these parties, which, it is claimed were instituted in their interest and for the purpose of securing their…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McInerney v. City of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
- Roberts v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1888
3Cited by13 opinions
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- People ex rel. Lindsley v. District Court of Fremont CountySupreme Court of Colorado · 1903
- People Ex Rel. Losavio v. GentrySupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
- Sloane v. HammondCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927
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