HOBSON v. CURTIS


329 S.W.2d 565 (1959)

Leffa Ernest HOBSON, Petitioner, v. Honorable L. R. CURTIS, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, etc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cambron, Harvin & Robinson, Louisville, for appellant.

Laurence E. Higgins, Commonwealth's Attorney, George Ryan, Thomas Burton, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorneys, Louisville, for appellee.


MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

Leffa Ernest Hobson is asking this Court to prohibit the Honorable L. R. Curtis, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, from trying the case of the Commonwealth v. Leffa Ernest Hobson which has been set for December 8, 1959.

Petitioner was arrested on September 5, 1959, and charged with having committed an abortion. While this charge was pending in the Louisville Police Court, awaiting an examining trial, the grand jury of Jefferson County...

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