State v. Simone

Relator, being prosecuted on a bill of information for the crime of attempting to bribe an officer, filed a petition for recusation of the judge. When the attorney was about to read the petition in open court, the judge asked whether it was verified by the defendant’s oath, and, being informed that it was so verified, he gave warning that he would hold the defendant accountable if the petition contained any disrespectful language. The petition was then read to the judge by defendant’s attorney.

He alleged, as cause for recusation, that the judge was, personally and politically, so biased and…