Rodgers v. Meredith

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment denying a petition for mandamus to require the sheriff to make the reports in writing provided for by § 138, Title 45, Code 1940, which recites as follows:

“When a prisoner is committed to the county jail, it is the duty of the sheriff of such county, in person or by deputy, to report in writing to the clerk of the circuit court of such county, within ten days next succeeding the commitment, the name of such prisoner, the day of his entering such jail, and by what authority, and upon what charge committed; and when a prisoner' is…