Webb v. County Court of Raleigh County

Maxwell, Pbesident:

At the November election of 1932, Clayton Webb, relator, was elected constable of Marsh Fork District in Raleigh County. He seeks by mandamus to compel the county court to permit him to give bond and take the oath of office as such constable, the said privilege having been denied him by the court because of his prior conviction of felony.

In 1919 relator was convicted in the criminal court of Raleigh County of burglarizing a store, and was sentenced to two years confinement in the state penitentiary. In 1929 he was convicted in the circuit court of Boone County- of carrying…