Strickland v. State

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

The appellant, S. V. Strickland, was charged by affidavit and warrant with the crime of rape. Upon a preliminary hearing before a justice of the peace appellant was remanded to jail without bail. He thereupon filed a petition for the writ ofHabeas Corpus in the Circuit Court of Coffee County, Alabama. This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court denying appellant bail after a hearing.

The applicable law is aptly stated in the recent case of Holman v. Williams, Sheriff, 256 Ala. 157, 53 So.2d 751. And, as stated in Holman’s case, we deem it unwise to discuss the…