Case ID: sw_230/html/1004-01.html
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Author: {"author": "HAWKINS, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ex parte COLLINS.
    (No. 6332.)
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    May 18, 1921.)
    Appeal from District Court, Polk County; J. L. Manry, Judge.
    Sim Collins was charged with murder, and applied for writ of habeas corpus to procure bail. On bearing of application, relator was remanded without bail, and be appeals.
    Affirmed.
    R. H. Hamilton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State. .
   HAWKINS, J.

' On March 31, 1921, complaint was filed against relator, charging him with the murder of A. Wetz. On April 8th application for writ of habeas corpus was presented to Hon. J. D. Manry, judge Ninth judicial district, seeking relief upon bail. A hearing was had upon such application on April 16th, and relator remanded without bail, from which order he appeals to this court.

It has been the custom of this court for many years not to set out or discuss at length the evidence introduced upon habeas corpus hearings, but, by reason of the fact that a great many eases were reaching this court in which we believed the trial judges were committing error in not admitting applicants to bail, we have recently, in several cases, taken occasion to set out the evidence at some length, and to restate the rules which would control or determine whether or not relator was entitled to bail. Having done tnis in other cases, we do not feel it is necessary to set out or discuss the evidence appearing from the statement of facts on this appeal.

We have examined the same carefully, and are of the opinion that no error was committed in holding the relator without bail; and the judgment of the trial court is therefore affirmed.