Carr v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Certiorari to Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Lea, Judge; Ordinary rules of law do not apply to applications for bail. 39 Ark. 126. The authority given to a judge of the Supreme Court to issue the writ of habeas corpus carries with it the right to hear and determine the same. 40 Ark. 507; 15 S. W. 850; 40 S. W. 650. Section 3834, Kirby’s Digest, provides that writs of habeas corpus may be issued by the judges of the Supreme Court, chancery and circuit…
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Certiorari to Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Lea, Judge; Ordinary rules of law do not apply to applications for bail. 39 Ark. 126. The authority given to a judge of the Supreme Court to issue the writ of habeas corpus carries with it the right to hear and determine the same. 40 Ark. 507; 15 S. W. 850; 40 S. W. 650. Section 3834, Kirby’s Digest, provides that writs of habeas corpus may be issued by the judges of the Supreme Court, chancery and circuit courts. Nothing is said about the right to “hear and determine,” yet it would hardly be contended that they have not this…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
George Carr was accused of, and arrested and imprisoned for, murder in the first degree, committed by the killing of Adolph Topf in Pulaski County, in this State, on the 5th day of June, 1909. He applied to Robert J. Dea, Judge of the Pulaski Circuit Court, to be admitted to bail, which was refused. On the second day of September, 1909, he applied to Carroll D. Wood, an Associate Justice of this court, for a writ of certiorari to bring up for revision a transcript of all the proceedings before the circuit judge, Robert J. Dea, including the evidence heard by him, to the end that he might be…
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