Ex parte Blunt
Ex parte Blunt
Opinion of the Court
This is an original proceeding in ha-beas corpus, instituted by the petitioner, Selma Blunt, for the purpose of being admitted to bail, upon a charge of murder, now pending in Choctaw county, Oklahoma.
The verified petition alleges the petitioner is being unlawfully restrained of his liberty in the county jail of Choctaw county, Oklahoma, by the sheriff thereof. A preliminary hearing is alleged to have been had before A. R. Ayers as examining magistrate on March 9, 1950, and the petitioner was thereupon held to answer in the district court of said county to a charge of murder. Thereafter the petitioner made application to the district court of Choctaw county, Oklahoma, for admission to bail on April 17, 1950, which was denied. Attached to the petition for habeas corpus is a transcript of the evidence taken before said district court.
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