Walker v. State

Appellant was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, and on the trial of the case was convicted of that offense, but the verdict of the jury fixed the punishment at imprisonment in the State penitentiary for life.

The court overruled appellant’s motion for a new trial and granted an appeal to this court, but refused, on motion of appellant’s attorneys, to fix bail.

The statute provides that a defendant in a criminal case on appeal to the Supreme Court “shall be permitted to give bail pending the appeal in such amount as the court may think proper and safe, in all cases, except in…