Alabama Court of Appeals, 1958

Nix v. State

Nix v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals · Decided September 2, 1958 · Price
39 Ala. App. 566; 104 So. 2d 903; 1958 Ala. App. LEXIS 190; 1958 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 60

Nix v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Nix, a Negro, charged with rape of the wife of his nephew, has appealed (Code 1940, T. 15, § 369) from an order of the Probate Judge refusing him bail.

Considering the record and § 16 of the Constitution as applied in Alexander v. State, Ala.App., 96 So.2d 315 1; Jordan v. State, 38 Ala.App. 674, 92 So.2d 433; Smith v. Bridges, 38 Ala.App. 666, 92 So.2d 60; Anchrum v. State, 38 Ala.App. 521, 89 So.2d 225; McDoniell v. State, 37 Ala.App. 727, 68 So.2d 925; Higginbotham v. State, 37 Ala.App. 724, 68 So.2d 925; Bradford v. State, 37 Ala.App. 483, 70 So.2d 816; Miles v. State, 36 Ala.App. 640, 61 So.2d 866; Easley v. State, 36 Ala.App. 541, 60 So.2d 479; Robinson v. State, 36 Ala.App. 528, 60 So.2d 302; and Colvin v. State, 36 Ala.App. 104, 53 So.2d 99, we conclude bail should have been allowed.

The judgment below is reversed and it is hereby ordered that the appellant be released upon his furnishing bail in the amount of $1,500, to be approved by the Probate Judge of Chilton County, or by the sheriff of said county in compliance with Code 1940, T. 15, § 194.

Reversed and remanded with instructions.

PRICE, J., not sitting.

. Ante, p. 157.

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