Ex Parte Taylor

This is an original action in habeas corpus instituted by the petitioner, Edgar T. Taylor, for the purpose of being admitted to bail upon a charge of murder which was pending against him by an information filed in the district court of Oklahoma county.

The testimony of the petitioner and a complete transcript of the evidence of many other witnesses taken at tbe preliminary examination and in the application for bail in the district court has been considered in connection with this application.

The petitioner shot and killed Terrell Báxter Meshew in a beer tavern operated by the petitioner in…