Huggins v. Caldwell, Judge

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Dismissing petition for mandamus.

The defendant, Alfred M. Caldwell, is the judge of the Seventeenth circuit court judicial district, composed entirely of Campbell county. The plaintiff, Arthur Huggins, was indicted in that court charged with feloniously assaulting another with intent to rob. Upon his trial thereunder he was convicted of assault and battery and imprisoned in the county jail for two years. After he had served a portion of the sentence which, added to his jail confinement awaiting the action of the grand jury that indicted him, amounted to an…