McFarland v. Hunt

SMITH, Justice.

This is an original prohibition proceeding commenced in this Court. Petitioners made application for issuance of an alternative writ of prohibition commanding respondent to desist from acting in excess of his jurisdiction and to show cause on a day certain why the writ should not be made permanent. This Court issued the alternative writ to which respondent made return, and the parties have duly presented the matter for decision.

It appears from the record that on October 11, 1956, one William V. White, by an information filed, was charged with the crime, committed in Bonner…