In re Lee

This is an application for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the settlement of a bill of exceptions in a criminal case. The petition is lengthy and contains much irrelevant matter, but the foliowing material facts appear without dispute:

A verdict of guilty was returned against petitioner in the Northern District of Georgia, on May 21, 1936, before Judge Barrett of the Southern District of Georgia, sitting by designation. The same day he filed a motion for a new trial. The motion was overruled by Judge' Barrett on July 15, 1936, notice of appeal was at once given, and…