Ex parte Bonner
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application by John Bonner for the writ of habeas corpus to procure his discharge on bail, such writ having been refused him by the Probate Judge of Walker county. The petitioner, John Bonner, being indicted in the Circuit Court of Walker county, for the murder of Andrew J. Higgins, made application to the judge of probate of that county for bail, which being refused, the application is renewed in the Supreme Court.
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Application by John Bonner for the writ of habeas corpus to procure his discharge on bail, such writ having been refused him by the Probate Judge of Walker county. The petitioner, John Bonner, being indicted in the Circuit Court of Walker county, for the murder of Andrew J. Higgins, made application to the judge of probate of that county for bail, which being refused, the application is renewed in the Supreme Court. Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins, wife of the deceased, testified that petitioner, before the killing, had a fight with Silas Higgins, the youngest son of herself and Andrew J. Higgins, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The evidence in this case tends to show, and is not disputed, that the petitioner, John Bonner, bore *118towards A. J. Higgins, the man that was killed, and other members of his family, a very great grudge, and on a number of occasions, to different persons, and to members of the Higgins family, he threatened their lives, going to the extent, even, of threatening to slay them all, “big, little, old and young.” His conduct and his threats towards the deceased and his family had been such, as was shown, as to arouse suspicions, at once, against him, as the perpetrator of the assassination, and he…
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