State v. Zummo

The defendant asks to be released on bail. He is charged with having taken the life of John Schaub on the 26th day of July, 1905.

A preliminary examination was held before the first city criminal court on the 16th day of October, 1905, and defendant was committed to the criminal district court without the benefit of bail.

He applied to the criminal district court for his release on bail. The court refused to grant the application.

The petition for the writ of habeas corpus is grounded upon the evidence taken before the committing magistrate, and the contention is that the proof of the crime is…