Pate v. Toler

W. T. Pate, Jr., files a petition here praying for writ of prohibition against Hon. Thomas E. Toler, judge of the circuit court of Saline County, in a matter wherein the petitioner was charged with contempt of that court.

An investigation of the petition and certified copies of the record attached thereto, and of the response, show the following facts:

In a proceeding of State of Arkansas v. Shank, tried in the Saline Circuit Court, beginning on the 27th day of November and ending on December 1,1933, two witnesses, Shorty Lowe and John Carroll, absented themselves from court. During the…