Ex Parte Thompson

The petitioner in this case was convicted in the circuit court of Macon county of robbery and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary. From the judgment of conviction, appeal was taken to this court, and, acting under section 3241 of the Code of 1923, the judge who presided at the trial fixed petitioner’s bail at $15,000. The bail not being presently furnished, the trial judge entered an order transferring petitioner to the county jail in Montgomery county and into the custody of the sheriff of said county.

Acting under section 4310 of the Code of 1923, petitioner addressed…