Ex Parte Burns

STAKELY, Justice.

Arthur Burns, the Solicitor of the 16th Judicial Circuit, moved the circuit court to expunge from its records the report of a Grand Jury of Etowah County in which he and his official acts were criticized. The court overruled and denied the motion and from this ruling of the court, the present appeal has been taken, with a prayer in the alternative for a writ of mandamus.

On October 12, 1953, the Grand Jury of Etowah County returned into court a report which was received and filed, which contains a number of accusations against the appellant. The accusations may be summarized…