Ex Parte Hayes
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Application by Paul Playes and ’another for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioners remanded to custody of sheriff. The petitioners* Paul Hayes and Edgar Plarry White, being in the -custody of the sheriff of Pottawatomie county, under and by virtue of a commitment issued out of a justice court o'f said county, after a preliminary - examination therein, wherein said petitioners were charged with the murder of one-Arthur Arnett, and upon which said preliminary examination the…
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Application by Paul Playes and ’another for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioners remanded to custody of sheriff. The petitioners* Paul Hayes and Edgar Plarry White, being in the -custody of the sheriff of Pottawatomie county, under and by virtue of a commitment issued out of a justice court o'f said county, after a preliminary - examination therein, wherein said petitioners were charged with the murder of one-Arthur Arnett, and upon which said preliminary examination the petitioners were committed by Pial Johnson,-said-justice of the peace, to the custody- of said sheriff without bail to await-…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). Upon the trial of this cause, counsel for the petitioners objected to the introduction of the letter testified to by the witness Palmer as having been found at the house of the petitioner Playes, upon the ground that it could not in any event be considered as evidence against the petitioner White. It was insisted in argument by the Assistant Attorney General that this letter was competent evidence against both of the petitioners, upon the ground that the evidence in the case established the fact that this crime of murder was not committed alone in a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Spies v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Branch v. FaustIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- Starr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
3Cited by23 opinions
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914
- Ex Parte JefferiesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- McColloch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1930
- Bradshaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1919
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
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