Ex parte Sutherlin

At the March term, A. D. 1877, of the Parke Circuit Court, Warren Goddard, James Goddard, William Goddard, Scott Sutherlin, under the name of Scott Sutherland, and George Cox, were indicted for the murder of George Vanfossin.

On the 29th day of June, A. I). 1877, Sutherlin, being then in the custody of the sheriff, and confined in the common jail of Parke county under said indictment, sued out a writ of habeas corpus, for the purpose of being let to bail, which writ was made returnable the next day .before the judge of the Parke Circuit Court aforesaid. On the return .of the writ, the question…