State ex rel. Attorney General v. Speake
Supreme Court of Alabama
Original petition in Supreme Court. The petition in this case was filed originally in the Supreme Court by the State of Alabama on the relation of the Attorney-General, asking for tbe issuance of a mandamus directed to the Hon. D. W. Speaks, Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. The purpose of tbe mandamus and tbe facts of the case are set forth at length in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
This is a petition for a mandamus to issue to the Hon. D. W. Speake, as Judge of tbe 8th judicial circuit to require him to enter on tbe minutes of the circuit court of Morgan county an order requiring tbe clerk of said court to deliver to tbe judge of tbe county court of said county all indictments presented or filed in tbe circuit court against persons charged with misdemeanors in Morgan county.
Tbe relator rests the right to have the mandamus awarded upon an Act of the General Assembly entitled “An Act to regulate the trial of misdemeanors in Morgan county.” This Act was approved February…
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