Ex parte Francis
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, ■ Cottle County; J. H. Milam, Judge. Habeas corpus proceedings by Alvin Francis to procure his release on bail. From an •order of the district judge remanding relator without bail, relator appeals.
1Opinion
On Motion for Rehearing.
MORROW, P. J.
The record having been perfected, the order of dismissal is set aside, and on the merits of the case we have to say that the relator is held without bail upon a charge of murder, and brings the matter here for review.
The relator, a young man about 20 years of age, shot and killed Walter. Tucker, an older man. Four shots were fired. The homicide took place in a small building, about 20 by 40 feet, which was used as a grocery store. Several persons were present. Both the relator and the deceased had been in the building for some minutes; the deceased coming…
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