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TERRITORY v. LOCKWOOD

70 U.S. 236 (1865)

3 Wall. 236

TERRITORY v. LOCKWOOD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Woolworth for the Territory and relator, plaintiff in error.

Lockwood, propriâ personâ, contra.

Mr. Justice SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

The writ of Quo Warranto was a common law writ. In the course of time it was superseded by the speedier remedy of an Information in the same nature.* It was a writ of right for the king.† In the English courts an information for an offence differs from an indictment, chiefly in the fact that it is presented...

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