People Ex Rel. Scott v. Jones

This is a petition for an original writ of mandamus filed on relation of William J. Scott, Attorney General of Illinois, praying for a writ which would order the Honorable Sidney Jones, an associate judge of the circuit court of Cook County, to expunge an order which according to its terms suspended a warden’s warrant issued for the arrest of Joseph Theo, a defendant in a criminal case pending before the respondent. The order also directed that the warrant not be served on Theo until further order of the court.

Theo was convicted in the circuit court of Cook County of the crime of theft on May…