Whitfield v. Walden, Judge

An application was made to this court for writ of mandamus to require Asa E. Walden, District Judge of the Eighth Judicial District, to certify his disqualification in a case wherein Pat Whitfield, petitioner, is charged by information filed in the district court of Carter county with the crime of murder, and alleging that said case is now pending before the said district judge, and that the said district judge is disqualified to try the same by reason of the fact that he is biased and prejudiced against petitioner to such an extent that he cannot have a fair and impartial trial. It is…