Commonwealth Ex Rel. Meredith v. Smith

Opinion by

Judge Rees

Making temporary writ of prohibition permanent.

In this original proceeding in this court, the commonwealth of Kentucky on relation of the Attorney General is seeking a writ of prohibition against the police judge of Irvine restraining him from proceeding further with the application of C. C. Elkin for a writ of habeas corpus.

At the May term, 1936, of the Estill circuit court, C. C. Elkin was convicted of the offense of carrying concealed upon or about his person a deadly weapon, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $50 and a jail sentence of ten days. He appealed from the…