Moore v. State ex rel. Clegg

— Three persons were charged with a misdemeanor, and prosecuted by the State upon the charge, be*359fore the appellant as a justice of the peace. The case was tried by a jury, and a verdict returned finding the defendants guilty, and assessing the fine of each at fifteen dollars. On the motion of the defendants in said prosecution, the justice granted a new trial. The relator applied for a writ of mandate to compel the justice to enter judgment on the-, verdict of the jury, and an alternative writ issued.

In his return to the alternative writ, the appellant sets out. the proceedings had before him…