Holliday v. Fields

Opinion of the C'ourt by

Judge Dietzman

Motion for a writ of prohibition denied.

In November, 1919, the people of Kentucky ratified an amendment to section 227 of our Constitution, so that the section as thus amended now reads (the added matter being that which follows the words “provided also”):

“Judges' of the county court, justices of the peace, sheriffs, coroners, surveyors, jailers, assesssors, county attorneys and constables shall be subject to indictment or prosecution for misfeasance or malfeasance in office, or wilful neglect in discharge of official duties, in such mode as may be…