Charles Drew v. Honorable Edward A. Beard

This case came on for consideration on appellants’ motion for an immediate hearing on the merits and on the original record before the district court.

Appellants alleged in their pleadings in the district court and in this court, and in oral argument before this court, that the committing magistrate had discontinued a preliminary hearing, already in progress, and had over the objections of appellants’ counsel postponed any preliminary hearing until a specified future date for the stated purpose of awaiting the possibility of grand jury action on the grounds that appellants were not…