Ex parte Goldsby
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Habeas Corpus proceeding by B. J. Goldsby. From a judgment denying relief the petitioner appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The rule relative to granting bail is: “That bail must be fixed at such sum as will be likely to secure the attendance of the accused at the trial.”
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Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Habeas Corpus proceeding by B. J. Goldsby. From a judgment denying relief the petitioner appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The rule relative to granting bail is: “That bail must be fixed at such sum as will be likely to secure the attendance of the accused at the trial.” Ex Parte Brideivell, 57 Miss. 39. “Where it was shown that the prisoner had very little property and was in bad health bail was fixed at two thousand dollars.” The defendant in this case was charged with a capital offense.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in a habeas corpus proceeding. The appellant was held in custody on eight indictments charging him with receiving stolen property. Six of the indictments charge felonies and two misdemeanors. He was arraigned on each of the indictments, and pleaded not guilty, and an order was entered fixing in each case the amount of his hail; that in each felony being two thousand, five hundred dollars, and in each of. the two misde*481meanors being five hundred dollars making a total of sixteen thousand dollars.
The value of the property alleged to have been received by him is…
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