Commonwealth v. Jones

Opinion- op the Court by

Chief Justice Fulton

Reversing.

At the 'May term of 1942 of the Whitley Circuit Court an indictment was returned charging the appellee, James Jones, with the offense of practicing dentistry without a license. At the October term 1942 the indictment was filed away with leave to reinstate. No conditions were attached to reinstatement. At the January term 1943, without notice to the appellee, an order was entered reinstating the case on the docket and setting it for trial on the first day of the next regular term.

When the case was called for trial at the May term 1943 the…