State ex rel. Mitchell v. Court of Coffeyville

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of'prohibition made by the district court of Montgomery county directed to the court of Coffeyville and A. A. Baker, its judge, restraining and prohibiting defendant from trying a misdemeanor case pending in that court.

The jurisdiction of the court of Coffeyville in criminal cases is the same as that of justices of the peace (R. S. 20-1603) ,,that is, it has concurrent original jurisdiction with the district court in misdemeanor cases (R. S. 63-101).

On March 19,1927, the county attorney prepared and filed in…