Motley v. Smith

On a petition in habeas corpus, issuing being made up and trial had, the circuit judge in the court below denied the appellant, Howell Motley, bail. The appellant was held'on a charge of murder in the killing of his father, Lee Motley, and an appeal here is prosecuted from the judgment of the court below denying bail.

The substantial facts are: That on or about the 26th day of April, 1934, two eyewitnesses to the killing were in the employ of the appellant’s father, Lee Motley, who instructed them to do certain chores and await, at his house, his return from a visit to the home of his son,…