Paul v. District Court of Johnson County

A county attorney’s information, filed in the District Court of Johnson County, on May 2, 1940, charged petitioner with the crime of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. On May 14, 1940, he was arrested and furnished bail. He has since been at liberty. The February 1940 term of court had been informally closed on April 6, 1940, but was not formally adjourned until May 3, 1940, the day after the information was filed. Thereafter, the May term, which started May 6th, and the September and November terms, intervened without trial of the accused. Nor was he arraigned until March 6, 1941,…