Ex Parte Mancil

Petitioner was convicted in the circuit court of Pike county on a charge of felony and was given an indeterminate sentence of from 3 to 4 years in the State Penitentiary. At the time of sentence "notice of appeal was given," but the court refused to suspend the judgment pending the appeal because no exceptions were reserved. This petition is brought to compel Hon. W. L. Parks, judge of the circuit, who imposed the sentence, to suspend the judgment pending the appeal.

It nowhere appears, either in the petition or exhibits thereto, that questions of law were reserved on the trial of the case,…