Ex Parte Jackson

This is an action by the appellants for a writ of habeas corpus to be let to bail. Appellants Jackson and Mehrhoff, Jr., are now confined in the Ripley county jail under indictment for murder in the second degree. The sheriff’s return to the writ issued in response to appellants’ petition for writ of habeas corpus formed the issue: that the proof is not evident and the presumption of appellants’ guilt of the criminal charge in the indictment is'not strong.

The judgment of the trial court is that petitioners Jackson and Mehrhoff, Jr., be confined in the Ripley county jail and that they be not…