Hutchens v. District Court of Pottawatomie County

BRETT, Judge.

This is an original action in which the petitioner applied to this Court to assume original jurisdiction of this matter, and to issue a writ of prohibition against the District Court of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, and the Honorable J. Knox Byrum, district judge.

The facts in this matter are not in dispute. Petitioner, who was the defendant at the trial, was duly informed against for the crime of "offering a bribe to an executive officer of Pottawatomie County”, the officer being the county sheriff. The trial was commenced on June 27, 1966, the jury was selected and sworn to try…