Ex Parte Louis

Silas Louis, petitioner, filed in this court a petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was unlawfully imprisoned and restrained of his liberty in the county jail of McCurtain county at Idabel, Okla., by C. H. Roan, sheriff of said county.

Petitioner further alleges that he was committed to the county jail and sheriff Roan pursuant to an order of C. E. Sweet, justice of the peace, of Idabel justice district, McCurtain county, Oklahoma, sitting as an exam ining magistrate. A preliminary examination was held on the 17th day of October, 1947, upon a complaint charging the petitioner…