Nam Sing Shak v. Doi

Petitioner, having appealed to the circuit court in Criminal No. 36238 for a trial de novo before a jury, moved for dismissal of the charge on the ground of lack of jurisdiction “because of the absence of a formal accusation against the defendant in the form of a written complaint.” The motion to dismiss having been denied, petitioner obtained a temporary writ of prohibition from a justice of this court, asserting in his petition that “the court lacked jurisdiction because a formal accusation against the petitioner in the form of a written complaint had never been filed in the case,” and…