Leggett v. Vannison

The appellee was convicted of manslaughter in the circuit court of Pike county and having appealed to the supreme court ivas granted bail pending the appeal by the court in which he was convicted in the sum of seven thousand, five hundred dollars. He thereafter sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the chancellor of the district, who on the hearing thereof entered an order reducing the appellee’s bail bond to one thousand, five hundred dollars, which he seems to have given and been released. The sheriff has appealed to this court.

The appellant now moves the court: “To set aside the order of…