State ex rel. Mullis v. Mathews

This is an impeachment proceeding originally commenced in this Court by the filing of an information by E. E. Mullís and four other individuals in their own behalf and in the name of the State of Alabama on their relation, wherein they aver in twenty-four specifications that the respondent, H. Ralph Mathews, Jr., Sheriff of Russell County, is guilty of willful neglect of duty. *129There is no charge of the other constitutional grounds of impeachment, viz., corruption- in office, incompetency, intemperance or an offense involving moral turpitude. The information alleges that E. E. Mulli9 and the…