Ex parte Liotard

By the Court,

Coleman, J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. The petitioner, together with one Sim Krites, was charged in the justice’s court with manslaughter. He was held to answer to the district court, and, failing to give bond, was committed to the custody of the sheriff, who holds him pursuant thereto. Pie now seeks to be discharged upon the ground that the evidence fails to show probable cause as a ground for his being held.

The complaint upon which the proceedings were had before the justice of the peace charges that the two defendants, while under the influence of…