Kazama v. Municipal Court

SHINN, J., pro tem.

Appellant, who petitioned the superior court for a writ of mandate to compel a judge of the municipal court to settle a statement on appeal in a criminal ease, by the allegations of his petition, made out the following case: He had been convicted of a misdemeanor and sentenced; he gave oral notice of appeal and also written notice, and within five days thereafter filed a statement on appeal, attached to which was a transcript of the evidence given at the trial, and he duly served a copy of the statement upon plaintiff’s counsel, the city attorney, which copy was defective…