State Ex Rel. Stevenson v. McMillan
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Application by tbe state, on the relation of Janies Stevenson, for writ of mandamus to R. McMillan, judge, and T. J. Austin, clerk.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
On February 19, 1908, the petitioner, James Stevenson, brought an original proceeding in this court for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from custody on bail. The petitioner urged two grounds on which he claimed his right to the writ; the first being that after his indictment for a capital offense he applied to the Honorable Hosea Townsend, who at that time was judge of the United- States Court for the Southern Di-s trict of the Indian Territory, for bail, and that said judge admitted the petitioner to bail in the sum of $5,000; that after the transition of said court into the…
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