Case Name: Ex Parte Sam Smith
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-10-15
Citations: 85 Tex. Crim. 652
Docket Number: No. 5527
Parties: Ex Parte Sam Smith.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 652–652

Head Matter:
Ex Parte Sam Smith.
No. 5527.
Decided October 15, 1919.
Murder—Habeas Corpus—Practice on Appeal.
Where the lower court refused to grant bail in a capital case, and this court affirms the judgment, a discussion of the facts is pretermitted.
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before the Hon. Prentice Oltorf, judge.
Appeal from a habeas corpus proceeding denying bail.
The opinion states the case.
Frank Oltorf, for appellant.
E. A. Berry, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding
Appellant was indicted for murder, and seeking a discharge from arrest applied for bond under a writ of habeas corpus shows that prior to the issuance of the writ the considering the testimony, remanded him to custody.
We have read the record and the facts carefully, and have reached the conclusion that the trial court was correct in refusing bail. A statement of the facts and reasons for our conclusion from the testimony will not be given. The ease is to be tried before a jury, and following the rule of the court, a discussion of the facts is pretermitted. This permits the case to go before the jury without any expressed view of this court with reference to the value, force and weight of the- testimony.
Believing the court was correct in refusing bail, the judgment will be affirmed.
Affirmed.