Ex Parte Scales

GRAVES, Judge. —

In this cause the relator was charged in the first count of the indictment with the murder of one Frank Moody; in the second count thereof he stands charged with furnishing arms and aid to one Jerome Smith for the purpose of assisting the said Smith in the murder of Frank Moody; in the third count thereof he stands charged with unlawfully and wilfully advising and encouraging Jerome Smith to kill Frank Moody.

Upon the hearing of the writ of habeas corpus on the 27th day of December, 1937, the court refused the relator bail and remanded him to the custody of the sheriff of Lamar…