State Ex Rel. Atty. Gen. v. Brewer

This is a petition for the writ of mandamus to the judge of the Fifth judicial circuit to require him to vacate and annul an order or decree entered by him on November 24, 1922, granting the defendant a new trial in the case of''"State v. James R. Caldwell. On October 6, 1922, the defendant was tried by a jury in the circuit court of Tallapoosa county (Hon. S. L. Brewer, judge of the Fifth judicial circuit, presiding), convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary of the state fór a term of one year and one day. At the time of the rendition…