State Ex Rel. Palmer v. Circuit Court Etc.

This is an original action wherein the relators asked this court to issue an alternative writ of mandate against the respondent herein. An alternative writ was issued.

The factual situation here involved is as follows:

One Everett Lewis Thomas entered a plea of guilty in the respondent court to the charge of second degree burglary. Thereupon the court entered an order by which he committed Thomas to the custody of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Reformatory for a period of not less than two or more than five years, which order of commitment the respondent court, however, suspended by the…