Case Name: Ex parte ED KITCHENS
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1929-11-30
Citations: 45 Okla. Crim. 293
Docket Number: No. A-7661
Parties: Ex parte ED KITCHENS.
Judges: DAVENPORT and CHAPPELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 293–293

Head Matter:
Ex parte ED KITCHENS.
No. A-7661.
Opinion Filed Nov. 30, 1929.
(282 Pac. 1114.)
P. B. Grant, for petitioner.
J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., and Smith C. Matson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
EDWARDS, P. J.
This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. Petitioner alleges that he is unlawfully restrained by the sheriff of Kiowa county.
It appears from the petition and the evidence, and exhibits before the court that before a justice of. the peace of Kiowa county, petitioner was adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and was sentenced to pay a fine of $1 and costs; that petitioner has served 41 days in the county jail of Kiowa county; that illegal items of costs have been charged in said case; and that the justice of the peace who rendered the judgment is no longer in office and hi¡3 successor is unable and refuses to retax the costs. A rule to show cause was issued to which no response has been made. It is well settled that where an officer neglects to show why he is holding a petitioner, the petitioner may be discharged. Ex parte Pruitt, 31 Okla. Cr. 294, 238 Pac. 503. See, also, Ex parte Wood, 58 Okla. 278, 159 Pac. 483; Ex parte Self, 29 Okla. Cr. 345, 233 Pac. 783.
The writ is awarded, and petitioner discharged.
DAVENPORT and CHAPPELL, JJ., concur.