Hill v. State

Hill, Eiggins, and Parks were indicted for the offense of riot. The case was transferred to the county court of Pike county, where it was tried, and a verdict was rendered finding the defendants guilty. It seems that the defendants had previously sued out a writ of certiorari to review the errors alleged to have been committed on the trial. When it came up for a hearing it was dismissed because the affidavit in forma pauperis attached thereto was defective. Subsequently counsel for the convicted persons sued out this the second certiorari in proper form, but after the time in which a…