People Ex Rel. Carlstrom v. Eller

Upon leave of this court first had and obtained, an original petition was filed herein in the name of the People of the State of Illinois on the relation of Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General of the State, praying for the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel Emanuel Eller, one of the judges of the superior court of Cook county and ex-officio one of the judges of the criminal court of that county, to expunge from the records of the criminal court an order releasing and discharging Arthur Lorenz from the house of correction of the city of Chicago. The respondent demurred to the petition,…