Case Name: Ex parte KIRBY
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-10-18
Citations: 140 S.W. 226
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ex parte KIRBY.
Judges: DAVIDSON, P. J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 140
Pages: 226–226

Head Matter:
Ex parte KIRBY.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 18, 1911.)
Bail (§ 49*) — Order Before Indictment.
No order or judgment granting or refusing bail, while applicant is under arrest by complaint only, has any force or effect subsequent to indictment found.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bail, Dec. Dig. § 49.*]
Appeal from District Court, Ellis County; F. L. Hawkins, Judge.
Habeas corpus by John Kirby to have bail g'ranted. Denied, and applicant appeals.
Dismissed.
Farrar & McRae and John H. Sharp, for appellant. C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HARPER, J.
Complaint was filed against relator, charging him with murder. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus before Hon. F. L. Hawkins, District Judge, who, after hearing the evidence, refused relator bail and remanded him to the custody of the sheriff of Ellis county. From this judgment, relator gave notice of appeal to this court.
By certificates of the proper officials, now on file in this court, it appears that, since the relator gave notice of appeal to this court, the grand jury of Ellis county has indicted relator, charging him with the offense of murder. No order or judgment granting or refusing bail, while the applicant is under arrest by complaint only, has any force or effect subsequent to indictment found, and this cause, for this reason, is dismissed.
DAVIDSON, P. J., absent.