Ex Parte Beaird

This is an original applica-' tion for mandamus to the circuit court of Etowah county, after application for relief had been made to that court by the petitioner and refused, to compel the expunction of certain alleged spurious entries made by the clerk on the minutes of the court in the case of the petitioner, who had been indicted, tried, and convicted for the offense of murder.

The facts, so far as they are material to the question presented, are: The petitioner was put on trial, under the indictment against him, before a jury, on December 6, 1926, and the trial continued from day to day…