State Ex Rel. Williams v. Sup. Ct. of St. Joseph Co.

The petition herein seeks an alternate writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to hear and determine his petition for writ of error coram nobis which the petition alleges was filed January 7, 1950. A copy of the petition for writ of error coram nobis is set out in his petition here, and it shows that he was convicted of rape as charged in an affidavit filed April 16, 1937.

The relief sought relates to the proceedings of an inferior court, and Rule 2-35 requires that in original actions for writs of mandamus or prohibition from this court, “certified copies of all pleadings, orders and…