Meredith, Atty. Gen. v. Sampson, Judge

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Fulton

Awarding writ of prohibition.

This action was filed by Hon. Hubert Meredith as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and as a citizen and taxpayer of the Commonwealth against Hon. Flem D. Sampson, Judge of the Thirty-fourth Judicial District of Kentucky. It is alleged in the petition, in substance, that the respondent, on the first day of the January, 1939 term of the Whitley Circuit Court, instead of using the jury that had been drawn from the wheel at the previous term, illegally discharged that jury and drew from the jury wheel and had summoned…