Ellis v. People ex rel. Corbin

The defendants in error sued out a writ of certiorari from the district court to obtain a review of a judgment in contempt entered by the police magistrate of Denver. Thereon such proceedings were had that the judgment of the police magistrate was declared null and void.. A writ of error was sued out from this court to review the judgment thus entered. The circumstances of the case are such that it makes the application somewhat unusual and extraordinary and appears to be only an attempt on the part of the then magistrate, or possibly the present authorities, to obtain a judicial…