State Ex Rel. Rose v. Hoffman, Judge

This is an original action in which relator asks that respondent as Judge of the Juvenile Court of Marion County, be mandated to grant relator a trial by jury, in an action pending in respondent’s court in which relator is charged with the offense of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Among other things the verified petition shows that relator was arrested on the charge on October 29, 1948. That later the cause was set for trial for March 8, 1949, and on that date, before the beginning of the trial relator filed his written request for a jury trial, which respondent denied, saying he…