Eastham v. Holt
West Virginia Supreme Court
Petition of one Eastham for a writ of prohibition directed to one Holt, judge of the Circuit Court. 'Writ-denied by operation of law, because of a divided Court.
1Opinion of the Court
BRAnnon, Judge:
Eastham was indicted in the Circuit Court of Tucker County for the murder of Thompson, and he obtained from a judge of this Court a rule against the judge of the cir*601cuit. court of that county to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not be awarded to him to prohibit the circuit court from further proceeding upon said' indictment. The State of West Virginia moves to discharge that rule as improvidently awarded, and thus we have the question whether prohibition lies in this matter. This Court has repeatedly laid down, in harmony with the law elsewhere, that the writ of…
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