Ex parte Atkinson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Woodson Atkinson was convicted of embezzlement and, pending appeals, applied for bail. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court- No brief found in the record.
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, C. J.
This case is before the court on the petition of Wood-son Atkinson for bail. The petition substantially recites that Atkinson was convicted of embezzlement at the .March term, 1912, of the circuit court of Pike county, and that he has appealed from this conviction to the supreme court, and the appeal is now pending. The petition then alleges that Atkinson is sick and in very bad health, and on this account seeks to be admitted to bail, pending the appeal, in such reasonable sum as this court may determine to be just. The petition further alleges that confinement in the jail imperils both the…
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