Ex Parte Rice

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that petitioner, Melinda Coonrod Rice, is restrained of her liberty and unlawfully imprisoned in the county jail of Payne county by the sheriff of said county. It is averred that petitioner is charged with unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and that her bail is fixed a,t the excessive and unreasonable amount of $2,000 for her appearance for trial in the county court of Payne county; that said petitioner resides upon her farm and homestead, and has resided there for more than 36 years last past, and is the mother of five…