Williford v. Davis

Ben C. Williford was indicted for a criminal offense, and at the trial in Fulton superior court he filed a demurrer to the indictment, which was overruled. He promptly had certified and filed his direct bill of exceptions to the overruling of the demurrer, and moved that the court grant a supersedeas to stop all proceedings until the Supreme Court should pass upon the writ of error to the overruling of the demurrer. The judge denied the request. Williford thereupon filed in this court a petition for a rule nisi against the trial judge, requiring him to show cause why a mandamus should not be…