State ex rel. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Alleging that they were held in custody by the sheriff of the parish of Jefferson by virtue of an affidavit charging them with the murder of one John S. Prayther on the 17th of August, 1896, and a capias thereunder issued, and the present absence of the District Judge from the Státe, relators seek to be finally discharged therefrom, or granted their release on furnishing bond, insisting that theirs is a case coming within the court’s original jurisdic • tion under the Constitution to grant relief by habeas corpus. Art. 89 of the Constitution.