State Ex Rel. O'Brien v. Police Court

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court denying relator’s petition for a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent judge of the police court from taking further proceedings in a criminal action previously instituted against the relator in the respondent inferior court.

Appellant’s petition for the writ was based upon an affidavit made by his attorney. The facts alleged in the affidavit are, in substance, as follows:

On August 1,1941, a complaint was filed in the police -court of the city of Seattle, charging appellant with the crime of disorderly conduct. Appellant was…