Wing v. Tompkins

Warner, Chief Justice.

This was a mandamus nisi issued by this court, calling upon Judge Tompkins to show cause why a mandamus absolute should not be granted retpiiring him to sign and certify a bill of exceptions, which had been made out and tendered to him by the defendant in a criminal case. In his answer to the mandamus nisi the judge states that he refused to sign and certify the bill of exceptions tendered to him because the same was erroneous in several particulars, and returned the same to the defendant’s attorney with his objections in writing, as required by the 4257th section of the…