Watts v. Sangamon County

Mr. Chiee Justice Riclcs

delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant, Thomas Watts, presented his petition to the circuit court of Sangamon county for a writ of mandamus against Sangamon county praying for an order on the county treasurer to pay his bill of costs incurred in a certain criminal proceeding wherein appellant was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary from said county, setting up in the petition that the Supreme Court of the State- of Illinois reversed and remanded said cause, alleging that the judgment entered by said Supreme Court provided that said appellant should have…