In re Baxter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.;

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which Arthur J. Baxter, who was charged in seventeen counts with violations of the bank act, asks to be discharged from further prosecution upon the ground that more than three terms of court have passed since the filing of the information without bringing him to trial.

It appears that' the information was filed on July 14, 1923, and that the next term of court began on November 13, 1923, and ended March 10; 1924. During that term and on December 6, 1923, the petitioner applied for a continuance…