KINSLOW v. CARTER


282 S.W.2d 141 (1955)

Marie KINSLOW, Petitioner, v. J. C. CARTER, Jr., Judge of the Monroe Circuit Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brents Dickinson, Jr., Glasgow, for petitioner.

Paul Carter, Commonwealth's Atty, Tompkinsville, for respondent.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

The petitioner, Marie Kinslow, seeks a permanent order of this Court prohibiting the respondent, J. C. Carter, Jr., as Judge of the Monroe Circuit Court, from enforcing an order adjudging petitioner to be in contempt of court for refusing to answer certain questions propounded to her by the Monroe County Grand Jury which the respondent had directed her to answer. The basis of petitioner's request is that she cannot be punished for asserting...

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