State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Auten, Judge

The Attorney General of Arkansas, in his petition herein, prays for a writ of prohibition to the Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division, and to Honorable Lawrence C. Auten, as judge thereof, to restrain any further action by the said court on a petition for writ of hab eas corpus filed therein by Jack McAllister. On April 14,1947, we issued a temporary writ, staying further proceedings in said matter until we could hear and determine the Attorney General’s petition.

The Attorney General, whose demurrer to McAllister ’s petition had been overruled by the lower court, asserts that said court has…