Bowles v. Manning

Opinion op ti-ie Court by

Judge Claree —

Granting writ of prohibition.

By petition filed in this court, the plaintiff, Sherman Bowles, seeks a writ of prohibition against the Honorable A. T. W. Manning, judge of the Clay circuit court, to prevent the further enforcement of an order committing plaintiff to jail because of his failure to execute a peace bond for $2,000.00, and requiring defendant to order plaintiff’s release from the custody of the jailer thereunder. The defendant has not answered, and the following facts are established without contradiction:

Plaintiff, on September 27, 1922, was…