Ex parte Richardson

Petitioner being beld to answer an indictment for rape, applied to tbe judge of probate of Bussell county for habeas corpus and bail. Tbe writ issued, petitioner was brought before tbe judge' of probate, a bearing was bad, and bail denied. On the bearing, many witnesses Avere examined ore tenus, touching petitioner’s guilt of tbe .crime laid in tbe indictment. Tbe evidence on tbe part of tbe State tended to show that defendant was guilty as charged, in such sort that the finding of guilt thereon by a jury on final trial would not be disturbed by tbe court; or, in other Avords, tbe eAÚdence…