Bilger v. Walden

WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in this court to compel the Honorable Cass R. Walden, Judge of the Barren Circuit Court, to dismiss a charge of grand larcency that has been pending in the Barren Circuit Court since November 1964.

Petitioner avers his right to a speedy trial has been denied. The charge has been set for trial three times. In each instance the Commonwealth was unable to prosecute because of the unavailability of witnesses. The respondent has advised the *163Commonwealth that the case will be set for trial at the January 1967 term, and if the Commonwealth is unable to…