Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1916

Ex Parte Arnold

Ex Parte Arnold
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided August 24, 1916 · PER CURIAM.
158 P. 303; 12 Okla. Crim. 620; 1916 OK CR 119; 1916 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 126

Ex Parte Arnold

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, Ralph Arnold, being in custody undqr an order of commitment made by James F. Keeshen, a Justice of the *621 Peace entered upon a preliminary examination had and held on the 1st day of June, 1916, at Purcell, filed in this court a verified petition for writ of habeas corpus, praying that he he allowed hail.

Attached to said petition is a copy of the information charging said petitioner with having shot and killed one Buck Trout on the 28th day of May, 1916, in McClain county. Also a transcript of the testimony taken upon the preliminary examination.

We have examined the record, and without entering into a discussion of the facts, we are of opinion that the application should he allowed.

It is therefore considered, ordered and adjudged that petitioner be admitted to hail and the same is fixed at tha sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned as by law required, bond to be approved by the court clerk of McClain county. Upon the giving and approval of the same, the petitioner to he released from custody.

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