Commonwealth v. Wolfford

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Denying writ of prohibition.

The facts in the instant case are agreed, and are these: Jack Bays was shot and wounded by Herman Stephens in Morgan county on the 20th day of November, 1928. On the 21st day of November, 1928, the county judge of Morgan county issued a warrant for the arrest of Herman Stephens, charging him with the offense of malicious shooting and wounding. As Stephens had fled the state, this warrant was not and has never been served. Bays was taken to Johnson county, where, on the 22d day of November, 1928, he died from the effects of the…