People Ex Rel. Courtney v. Fardy

The People of the State, on the relation of Thomas J. Courtney, State’s attorney of Cook county, filed an original petition for a writ of mandamus directing the defendant, James F. Fardy, a judge of the superior court of Cook county and ex officio judge of the criminal court of the same county, to expunge from the records of the criminal court an order in a habeas corpus proceeding releasing Stanley Sumoski from the house of correction of the city of Chicago. The defendant interposed an answer to the petition and upon these pleadings the cause is submitted.

From the pleadings it appears that…