Case ID: sw_167/html/1113-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "DAVIDSON, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ex parte WEBB.
    (No. 3165.)
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    May 27, 1914.)
    Appeal from District Court, Nacogdoches County; D. D. Guinn, Judge.
    Habeas corpus on petition of E. F. Webb to obtain bail on a charge for murder. From an order dismissing the writ, relator appeals.
    Reversed, and bail granted in the sum of
    C. E. Dane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
   DAVIDSON, J.

Applicant resorted to a writ of habeas corpus in order to obtain bail under a charge of murder; he having been remanded to custody by the justice of the peace at an examining trial. Upon hearing of the writ, the district judge entered the same order; that is, refused bail. Upon ■ a review of the facts we are of the opinion the court was in error; applicant was entitled to bail. It is not necessary to state. the facts, and, in fact, following our practice in cases of this sort, a discussion of the facts will not be indulged.

Bail will be granted in the sum of $5,000. Upon the giving of bail in this amount the sheriff of Nacogdoches county will approve proper bond and release applicant from custody. The judgment is reversed, and bail is granted in the sum of