Opinion
No. 11929.
Delivered May 23, 1928.
Habeas Corpus — Companion Case.
Relator is under indictment for murder. The indictment was introduced in evidence on the habeas corpus hearing, but no evidence showing that relator was connected with the offense was presented. This is a companion case to Ex Parte Dumas, No. 11869, reported herein, and the judgment denying bail is reversed and bail is granted in the sum of $2,500.
Appeal from the District Court of Upton County. Tried below before the Hon. C. R. Sutton, Judge.
Appeal from an order denying appellant bail upon a habeas corpus hearing. Bail granted.
The opinion states the case.
No brief filed for appellant.
A. A. Dawson of Canton, State's Attorney, for the State.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Judge refusing to grant the relator bail.
Relator is under indictment for murder. The indictment was introduced in evidence, but the record is bare of evidence going to show that the relator was connected with the offense or the circumstances attending the alleged homicide.
This is a companion case to Ex Parte Dumas, No. 11869, recently decided but not yet reported.
The judgment denying bail is reversed and bail is granted in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
Bail granted.