Walton v. Bradley

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Chester Walton, a prisoner in the state penitentiary, presented to this Court a petition stating that he had filed a motion before Honorable Joseph J. Bradley, Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court, asking that he be brought to trial on three grand larceny indictments returned by the Fayette County Grand Jury, and that Judge Bradley had not acted on the motion. Walton’s petition sought an order compelling Judge Bradley either to hold a trial on the indictments or dismiss them.

Judge Bradley responded, stating that the indictments were returned in April 1964; that Walton’s…