People v. Enlow

On January 11, 1957, the District Attorney for the First Judicial District filed an original proceeding in this *251court in the nature of quo warranto under Rules 106 and 116 R.C.P. Colo. Named as the defendant was Carl E. Enlow, the person who was then in possession and control of the office of Sheriff of Jefferson County, Colorado. It was alleged in the complaint that a vacancy occurred in the office when Enlow was convicted of an infamous crime involving a violation of his official oath, and that such conviction automatically worked a divestiture of the authority and accoutrements of the…