Ex Parte Potter

This is an original action in habeas corpus instituted by the petitioner, Hubert Potter, for the purpose of being admitted to bail upon a charge of murder now pending against him in the district court of Okmulgee county.

The verified petition alleges that the petitioner is restrained of his liberty in the county jail of Okmulgee county, by Jim Kirby, sheriff of said county. That he now stands charged by information filed in the district court of Okmulgee county with the crime of murder, but the proof of his guilt of said crime is not evident nor the presumption thereof great. Attached to the…