Thompson v. Wood

HOGG, Justice.

This is an original proceeding for a writ of prohibition, seeking to prohibit the respondent, Honorable Jennings Wood, as Judge of the Larue Quarterly Court, from proceeding further in.the case of Commonwealth of Kentucky, v. Thompson, pending in the Larue Quarterly Court, and for an order directing respondent to release Thompson from custody pending final determination of the case. A temporary writ of prohibition was granted by a Judge of this Court on January 24, 1955.

It is alleged in the petition, and shown by his affidavit, that on January 11, 1955, as the result of an…