State Ex Rel. Bird v. Superior Court

Jake Bird was found guilty of murder in the first degree in department No. 3 of the late Judge E. D. Hodge, presiding judge of the superior court for Pierce county, November 26, 1947, and the jury further found that the death penalty should be imposed. Judgment in conformity to the verdict was entered.

An application was filed in this court January 31, 1948, for a writ of mandate, to compel the superior court for Pierce county to hold that defendant’s appeal had been timely initiated. Relator Bird also prayed that writ issue requiring the superior court for Pierce county to order the official…