State ex rel. Armstrong v. Judge of the Eighth Judicial District

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Relator avers that he was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged, and thereafter made an application to the *504Board of Pardons for a respite from sentence until his sanity could be inquired into; and, that a respite for that purpose was granted by the Board of Pardons upon the recommendation of the respondent.

Thrt, pending the respite, he made application to the respondent to appoint a commission of experts to examine into his mental condition and report the result of their investigation.

That the respondent appointed a committee of…