From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

State v. Morris

Court of Appeals of Alabama
May 5, 1931
134 So. 456 (Ala. Crim. App. 1931)

Opinion

6 Div. 85.

May 5, 1931.

Appeal from Probate Court, Winston County; John B. Weaver, Judge.

Application by Will Morris and by Bessie Wright for writs of habeas corpus. From an order allowing petitioners bail, the State appeals.

Affirmed.

Thos. E. Knight, Jr., Atty. Gen., for appellant.

J. Foy Guin, of Russellville, for appellees.


This appeal is by the state from an order made by the judge of probate of Winston county, Ala., in a habeas corpus proceeding, wherein the court, after hearing all the evidence, allowed the two petitioners bail.

The defendants were confined in the county jail under an indictment charging them with murder in the first degree. An examination of the evidence discloses a conflict, and the judgment rendered by the judge of probate can well be founded thereon. For obvious reasons this evidence will not be here quoted. It has often been held that, in reviewing the finding of the primary tribunal in proceedings of this character, such finding will not be disturbed, unless it is contrary to the great weight or preponderance of the evidence. State v. Chancey, 14 Ala. App. 119, 72 So. 213; State v. Lacey, 158 Ala. 16, 48 So. 343.

The order of the judge of probate from which this appeal by the state was taken and in which bail was allowed petitioners is in all things affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Morris

Court of Appeals of Alabama
May 5, 1931
134 So. 456 (Ala. Crim. App. 1931)
Case details for

State v. Morris

Case Details

Full title:STATE v. MORRIS et al

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: May 5, 1931

Citations

134 So. 456 (Ala. Crim. App. 1931)
24 Ala. App. 273