McWilliams v. Justice Court, Tucson Precinct No. 1

HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.

The petitioner has instituted original proceedings in prohibition seeking to restrain the respondent justice of the peace from proceeding with a preliminary hearing in the case of State of Arizona v. Katherine Haviland McWilliams wherein petitioner is charged with murder and attempted murder. After presentation of oral arguments, we issued an alternative writ of prohibition ordering the respondent to refrain from conducting a preliminary examination until further order of this court.

Briefly, the following transpired. A preliminary hearing was set for December 14. 1966.…