Case Name: Ex parte W. G. COX
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1917-04-24
Citations: 13 Okla. Crim. 302
Docket Number: No. A-2654
Parties: Ex parte W. G. COX.
Judges: 
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 302–303

Head Matter:
Ex parte W. G. COX.
No. A-2654.
Opinion Filed April 24, 1917.
(164 Pac. 989.)
Application by W. G. Cox for a writ of habeas corpus to be let to bail.
Writ denied, and bail refused.
Kennamer & Coalcley, for petitioner.
R. McMillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., and George L. Sneed, Co. Atty., for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This was an application to this court for a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of discharge on bail.
It appears from the petition that upon a preliminary examination before Isaac 0. Lewis, justice of the peace, of Madill, the petitioner, W. G. Cox, was held to the district court of Marshall county to answer upon a charge that he did kill and murder Marion Cox, his son;, that he made application for bail before Jesse M. Hatchett, judge of the district court of Marshall county, at chambers, and the said judge refused to allow bail. It is further averred that petitioner is not guilty of said charge. Attached to said petition is the deposition of the petitioner, wherein he states that in a gun fight with another son, Oliver Cox, the said Oliver Cox fired the fatal shot.
Without entering into a discussion of the evidence, we deem it sufficient to say that upon a careful consideration of the same, we are of opinion that petitioner is not entitled to be admitted to bail as a matter of legal right.
It is therefore considered and adjudged that the writ be denied, and bail refused.