State v. Winchester

The application presented by this case is that this court issue “a supervisory writ requiring the district court of Burleigh county and Honorable W. H. Winchester, as the judge thereof, to certify to this court the records, files, and proceedings in a certain criminal action entitled the State of North Dakota v. Duncan J. McGillis, to the end that said records, files, and proceedings may be reviewed by the Supreme Court, and justice may be done in the premises.” In response to an order to show cause issued from this court the respondents filed a return in which, after a lengthy showing…