People Ex Rel. Cruz v. Morley

THE People, ex rel. Manuel Cruz, petitioned for prohibition against the Honorable Clarence J. Morley, one of the judges of the district court of Denver. We granted a rule to show cause. The district attorney demurs to the petition, and the question before us is whether the facts stated therein are sufficient to show that the district court has no jurisdiction over the cause in question.

The petition is technically defective, but, since no objection is made on that ground, we do not regard such defects. It alleges that Manuel Cruz, a minor seventeen years of age, was indicted in the district…