Matter of Peters

BRETT, Judge.

This is an original action by Tom Peters, who complains that he has been unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the sheriff of Murray County, Oklahoma.

It appears that the cause of said restraint was by reason of an information filed in the District Court of Murray County, Oklahoma, wherein petitioner, Tom Peters, was charged with having committed the crime of murder of one, Billy Don Sullivan, on March 6, 1960, in said County and State.

It further appears that he was granted a preliminary hearing in the Justice of the Peace Court, Honorable Frank Turner, Justice of the Peace,…