Ex Parte Satterwhite

BETHEA, Judge.

Relator was charged by indictment in the District Court of Brazos County with the offense of rape by force, threats and fraud. Upon a habeas corpus hearing he was denied bail. The facts and circumstances of this case make it inadvisable, we think, for this court to make any extended statement or analysis of them. Suffice it to say that the evidence exhibited in the record is sufficient to raise defensive issues and mitigating circumstances, which, if believed by the jury, would not result in a verdict assessing death as a punishment.

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