In re the Habeas Corpus of Cheek

This is an original action in habeas corpus, instituted by the petitioners David Kenneth Cheek for the purpose of being admitted to bail, and by Colonel Little and Gladys Little for the reduction of bail fixed by the district court of Osage County, Oklahoma.

The verified petition alleges in substance that the petitioners were jointly charged by complaint filed in the justice of the peace court of V. E. Theis with the crime of kidnapping one Nancy Irene Ehrhart in violation of 21 O.S.A. § 745, which kidnapping allegedly occurred on May 12, 1960. That on arraignment in said justice of the peace…