BROWN v. JUSTICE'S COURT OF CARSON TOWNSHIP

No. 5333

428 P.2d 376 (1967)

James B. BROWN, Darrell Coomes, Robert Grosbeck, Harlen Harmon, Harvey W. Hunt, Mark Linza and Patrick McKenna, Petitioners, v. JUSTICE'S COURT OF CARSON TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF ORMSBY, State of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada

June 7, 1967


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Martin, Robert Potter, John Tom Ross, Gary A. Sheerin, William J. Crowell, J. MacArthur Wright, Carson City, Jack Christensen, Zephyr Cove, for Petitioner.

Robert F. List, Ormsby County Dist. Atty., Carson City, for Respondent.


OPINION

ZENOFF, Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition directed to the Justice of the Peace of Ormsby County. The writ is based on the allegation that that officer lost jurisdiction over petitioners charged with escape from the state prison.

On January 30, 1967, six of the petitioners were arrested and then booked in the county jail of Ormsby County for escape from the state prison where they had been confined for conviction of crimes...

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