Ex Parte Hatcher

In this proceeding T. L. Hatcher, by his attorneys, has presented to this court a petition alleging that he is unlawfully imprisoned in the county jail of Kiowa county by Charles Lee, sheriff of said county; that he is so held under a commitment issued by W. L. Hunter, justice of the peace in and for district 4 of said county, based upon a preliminary examination held by him upon a complaint wherein petitioner is charged with the murder of one B. Phillips in said county on the 19th day of August, 1922. Petitioner avers that he is not guilty of the crime of murder as charged, and that the…