Delk v. Murray

The first petition, although somewhat ambiguous, in substance seeks an alternative writ of mandamus requiring the trial court to rule on his motion for a new trial which he charges was filed in the Lake Circuit Court in March, 1955. Later he filed a supplemental petition, which we have docketed under the same number, in which he seeks relief in aid of his first petition.

The Attorney General, as amicus curiae, has filed with this court certified copies of all proceedings had in said trial court since the entering of the judgment committing the petitioner to the Indiana State Prison. From these…