Thomas v. Justice Court of Washakie County

McCLINTOCK, Justice.

Lenora Eloise Thomas, charged in Justice Court of Washakie County, Wyoming with the crime of manslaughter in violation of § 6-58, W.S.1957 by original proceedings in this Court seeks to prohibit the said justice court and Ray Pendergraft, a nonlawyer justice of the peace of that court, from proceeding with preliminary hearing of the matter. On or about January 31, 1975 one Jerry Wayne Thomas, husband of the petitioner, was found dead alongside U.S. Highway 20, approximately nine miles north of Worland, Wyoming. Petitioner was arrested and charged with voluntary…