Commonwealth ex rel. Breckinridge v. Murphy

BIRD, Chief Justice.

On or about August 1, 1961, Ray L. Murphy, Regular Judge of the Criminal Division of the Campbell County Circuit Court, voluntarily disqualified himself from presiding over the court during a session of the Campbell County Grand Jury held in August and September 1961, at which ses^ sion divers matters of vice and corruption were scheduled to be and were investigated in due . course.

A special judge was designated to preside over the court in all matters pertaining to *514the work of that grand jury. The work continued for about a month and the grand jury made its final report.…