People ex rel. Mixer v. Board of Supervisors

Belator seeks a mandamus to obtain audit and allowances of certain claims against Manistee county, which respondents have not allowed.

These consist of several classes of claims, and are set forth as included within the following heads, for,

First, The confinement of persons brought to jail by the city police officers of Manistee, charged with being drunk and disorderly, contrary to the city ordinances, and temporarily confined without commitment until fit to be brought before a magistrate; and also the imprisonment of various persons convicted of violating the city ordinances against…