Ex Parte Decker

This is an original application by Keith Decker for a writ of habeas corpus to be admitted to bail.

This case was submitted on the verified petition of Keith Decker with the return showing that petitioner is held by respondent, under a commitment of a magistrate, in the county jail of Seminole county. With the petition is a transcript of the testimony taken at the preliminary hearing. Bail was denied by the magistrate, and by the district judge of the county to whom application was made by habeas corpus.

An examination of the testimony discloses that on the 7th day of June, 1927, petitioner, in…