Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1933

Ex Parte Gray

Ex Parte Gray
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided August 1, 1933 · Chappell, Davenport, Edwards
24 P.2d 1118; 55 Okla. Crim. 26; 1933 OK CR 78; 1933 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 26 (Pacific Reporter, Second Series)

Ex Parte Gray

Opinion of the Court

DAVENPORT, J.

This is an original petition filed by John H. Gray, in which he alleges and states that he is unlawfully imprisoned and restrained by Clyde Kyser, sheriff of Pontotoc county, Okla.; that the cause of said restraint is that he is held by the sheriff without bail, charged with the crime of murder; that the district judge has denied him bail, and the petitioner asks this court to enlarge him on bail. The petition further states that the restraint is illegal and unauthorized, in that the proof of the guilt of the petitioner is not evident nor the presumption great.

The petitioner, in support of the allegations in his petition, offers the testimony taken by the examining magistrate. After carefully reading the testimony taken by the examining magistrate, we hold that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief prayed for in his petition. Therefore the writ is denied.

EDWARDS, P. J., and CHAPPELL, J., concur.

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