State Ex Rel. Mynes v. Kessel

Haymond, Judge;

This is an original proceeding in prohibition, instituted in this Court June 12, 1967. The petitioner is Chester Clay Mynes and the defendants are Honorable Oliver D. Kessel, Judge of the Circuit Court of Roane County, West Virginia, and Honorable Orton A. Jones, Prosecuting Attorney of that county. The petitioner seeks a writ to prohibit the defendants from trying the petitioner upon an indictment returned by the grand jury attending the Circuit Court of Roane County on May 23, 1967, which charges the petitioner with the offense of statutory rape and which indictment the…