Bullock v. HARPOLE, S. ST. PENITENTIARY

This case is before us on appeal by George Bullock, appellant, from a final order of the Honorable Arthur Jordan, presiding judge of the Circuit Court of Sunflower County, denying the relief prayed for in the appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The record shows that the appellant was indicted at the February 1956 term of the Circuit Court of George County, for the crime of rape. The indictment was returned on February 15, 1956, and on that date the court appointed W. T. Bailey, a duly licensed attorney and a member of the Bar of George County, to represent the appellant in the…