Ex Parte Pope

This is an original application by Bert Pope for a writ of habeas corpus to be admitted to bail.

This cause was submitted on a verified petition with the return showing that petitioner is held by respondent in the county jail of Jackson county under commitment of a magistrate. Bail was denied by the magistrate, and it is shown that the district judge of the district in which Jackson county is a part is outside the state of Oklahoma, and for that reason application to the district judge was not made. With the petition is a transcript of the testimony taken at the preliminary.

The evidence…