Yager v. State ex rel. Robinson
Indiana Supreme Court
From Adams Circuit Court; David E. Smith, Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Darius Robinson, against Charles W. Yager, mayor of the city of Decatur. From a judgment for relator, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEwbank, J.
— This was an action of mandamus to compel the appellant, as mayor of the city of Decatur, Indiana, -to grant an appeal to the circuit court of Adams county from a judgment of his court convicting appellant’s relator of a misdemeanor on his plea of guilty, and to certify a proper transcript of the proceedings to the circuit court.
The complaint alleged that the relator pleaded guilty in the court of the defendant mayor to a charge of unlawfully giving intoxicating liquor to a person named, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and to be imprisoned in the county jail for thirty days; that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State ex rel. Jacoby v. CressingerIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
- Holsclaw v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Coats v. State ex rel. Marion Window Glass Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Orear v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1899
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