Street v. State

CARR, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from an order-of the judge of the court below denying petitioner bail in a habeas corpus proceeding.

At the time the petition was filed the appellant was imprisoned in the county jail of Jefferson County, Alabama, on a charge of rape.

When the alleged assault was committed, the prosecutrix was sixteen years of age, and the accused was twenty-six.

According to- the testimony of the young lady, the appellant accosted her on a street in the City of Birmingham and at the point of a pistol forced her into his automobile. He carried her to a secluded place on the…