State Ex Rel. Kaiser v. Miller

This is an original proceeding by prohibition, brought by relator, as chief of detectives of the Metropolitan Police Department of the City of St. Louis, against respondent as judge of the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. The gist of the complaint of relator is that the respondent as such judge was about to commit relator for contempt of court because of his failure and refusal to turn over to the Sheriff of the City of St. Louis, a certain sum of money in the hands of relator, in compliance with an order to that effect previously made by respondent; and, the contention is that…