Ex Parte Jones
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Dallas County, on the 4th day of November, 1892, for the murder of one W. G. Veal, in Dallas County, Texas, on the 25th day of October, 1892, by shooting him with a pistol.
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Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Dallas County, on the 4th day of November, 1892, for the murder of one W. G. Veal, in Dallas County, Texas, on the 25th day of October, 1892, by shooting him with a pistol. On the 9tli day of November, 1892, he applied for a writ of habeas corpus for bail, which was granted by the Hon. Charles Fred Tucker; and the cause having come on for trial on the 21st day of November, 1892, before said district judge, applicant was refused bail, and remanded to the custody of the sheriff of Dallas County. From this order and judgment, refusing him bail, he…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was on the 4th day of November, A. D. 1892, indicted for the murder of W. G. Veal, and upon the 10th day of November following sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the Hon. Charles Fred Tucker, judge of the Forty-fourth Judicial District. Upon hearing, bail was refused, and an appeal was taken to this court.
Bail should be granted in murder cases unless, upon examination of all the evidence adduced, the court should conclude that the proof of guilt is evident, and the accused would be convicted of murder in the first degree if the law was administered. The guilt of…
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