State ex rel. Freeman v. Kelly

TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant was arrested on a warrant charging murder in the first degree. At a preliminary hearing she was bound over for appearance before the Circuit Court on condition that she post bond in the sum of $10,000, which she promptly did. Soon thereafter she was indicted for murder in the first degree. She voluntarily surrendered to the sheriff and promptly petitioned the appropriate court for writ of habeas corpus to allow her bond on the ground that proof of guilt was not “evident or the presumption great.” The writ was issued, return thereto was entered and counsel stipulated…