State v. Arkle

. MB. CHIE-F JUSTICE CALLAWAY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Constitution of this state provides that in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. (Art. Ill, sec. 16.)

The legislature has declared that “a court, unless good cause to the contrary is shown, must order the prosecution to be dismissed in the following cases: * * Sub. 2. If a defendant whose trial has not been postponed upon his application is not brought to trial within six months…