Case Name: In re DAVID ALMERIGO
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1914
Citations: 11 Okla. Crim. 724
Docket Number: No. A-2239
Parties: In re DAVID ALMERIGO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 724–725

Head Matter:
In re DAVID ALMERIGO.
No. A-2239.
Petition of David Almerigo for writ of habeas corpus.
No order.
Moman Pruiett, for petitioner.

Opinion:
PEE CUEIAM.
This is an application in habeas corpus brought by the petitioner, alleging that he is illegally restrained and imprisoned in the county jail of Coal county by Jesse Phillips, sheriff of said county. That he is held in custody by said sheriff by reason of being charged with the crime of murder of Ben Jones. That he is not guilty of the crime of murder; that the proof is not evident nor the presumption great. Annexed to said petition is a transcript of the testimony taken upon the preliminary examination. Upon the hearing had, bail was fixed in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be approved by the clerk of the district court of Coal county. Upon a supplemental application to reduce bail, it is ordered that the amount fixed be reduced to the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars.