Ex parte Bird & Bailey

The petitioners in this ease allege by their petition, that they were indicted at the August term, 1866, of the Prairie circuit court for the crime of murder. That after their arraignment on said indictment at said August term, they applied to the Hon. Liberty Bartlett, the judge of said circuit court, to be admitted to bail, and in support of their application presented certain testimony contained in a written transcript, which transcript contained all the testimony presented and considered by the court. That on the hearing of said application, their application to be admitted to bail was…