Ex Parte McAdams v. State

The appellants, Albert McAdams and Matilda Sanders were in jail in Perry county, Indiana, under a charge of murder in the first degree, preferred against them jointly by the grand jury of said Perry county.

They filed their verified petition under §2188 Burns 1926, §2025 Burns 1914, Acts 1905 p. 584, to be let to bail. A writ of habeas corpus was duly issued under said petition and the sheriff made his return showing service of such writ and bringing the said petitioners, Albert McAdams and Matilda Sanders before the Perry Circuit Court, and the judge thereof in vacation, on July 7, 1924,…