Laflin v. Schannen, Judge

The relator asserts that he is entitled to a writ of mandate against William H. Schannen, as judge of the Circuit Court of Allen County. The claim is that the relator filed a “refile” petition in the Allen Circuit Court requesting permission to again place on file a petition which he had filed and which, after the court had made an announcement denying the relief sought, was dismissed by his attorneys.

From the relator’s petition, and papers attached thereto, we understand that the relator was, on June 19, 1946, in the Allen Circuit Court, convicted of the crime of sodomy; that subsequent…