State Ex Rel. McNamee v. Stobie
Supreme Court of Missouri
Prohibition. (1) (a) It stands confessed that the object and purpose of the proceedings before Justice Stobie were not to punish relators for a trespass upon the property of the Delmar Jockey Club, or to hold them to trial for the commission of an alleged misdemeanor, in unclasping or throwing down the chain across the entrance to said grounds, but that said proceedings were begun and prosecuted “to protect from arrest persons engaged upon said Delmar race track in violating…
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Prohibition. (1) (a) It stands confessed that the object and purpose of the proceedings before Justice Stobie were not to punish relators for a trespass upon the property of the Delmar Jockey Club, or to hold them to trial for the commission of an alleged misdemeanor, in unclasping or throwing down the chain across the entrance to said grounds, but that said proceedings were begun and prosecuted “to protect from arrest persons engaged upon said Delmar race track in violating the act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, approved March 21, 1905, to prohibit bookmaking and pool…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This is an original proceeding in this court. It is a petition or application by relators addressed to this court asking for the issuance of a writ of prohibition. The petition was filed by the relators on July 28,1905, and the grounds for relief and the particular relief sought are thus plainly stated:
“Come now the relators herein, George T. McNamee, Patrick McKenna, Con Meehan, Patrick Kirk, Henry Meyer, Sydney Sears, John Kavanaugh, John McCarthy, Timothy Danaher, George Williams, Thomas Keily, Frank McKenna, Gratiot Cabanne, R. L. Killian, Hugh McFarland, James Burke, George Greeley,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State ex rel. Hawes v. MasonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- State ex rel. Ellis v. ElkinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- In Re New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- State ex rel. Johnson v. WithrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- State ex rel. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n v. EbySupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- City of Advance v. Maryland Casualty CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
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