Case Name: The State vs. P. L. Wicks
Court: Chatham Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1822-02
Citations: 1 Charlton 139
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State vs. P. L. Wicks.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Decisions Made in the Superior Courts of the Eastern District of Georgia
Volume: 1
Pages: 139–139

Head Matter:
The State vs. P. L. Wicks.
Habeas Corpus.
Where it appears upon a charge of homicide, that there 'are''favorable circumstances in the case, and there is a presumption, that the prisoner has been guilty of manslaughter only— the Court will exercise its discretion by admitting bail.
THE prisoner being brought up, his counsel moved that he be admitted to bail upon the grounds, that it appeared from an examination of the affidavits returned, as taken before the com- . • mitting Magistrate, and the Coroner, that the offence- with which the prisoner stood charged was manslaughter,-and-that if such should not be the impression of the Court, yet there was a presumption of innocence, and many favorable circumstances, which called upon the Court to exercise its discretion, to the extent of the prisoner’s application—and that he was prepared to give any bail and security the Court might require.

Opinion:
3By CíIAIlíh'JMM', - Jfiwlge.
There are favorable circumstances in this case, and there is a presumption, that the prisoner has only been guilty of manslaughter, and therefore, supported as I am, by numerous authorities, which, under a similar combination of circumstances, have admitted to bail.
It is ordered, that the prisoner be discharged upon his entering into recognizance before the Clerk of this Court, himself in two thousand dollars, and two good securities to be approved of by .the Court in two thousand dollars each, .to answer to such bill of indictment as may be preferred against him during the present term.