Ex parte Nettles
Supreme Court of Alabama
The petitioner, William H. Nettles, being confined in the jail of Dallas county, under an indictment for the murder of one B. F. Powell, applied to the judge of the Circuit Court (Hon. GEORGE H. CRAIG) for habeas corpus and bail, which was refused. The testimony on the hearing was taken down in writing; exceptions were reserved to the various rulings of the court, and to the refusal to grant bail on the evidence.
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The petitioner, William H. Nettles, being confined in the jail of Dallas county, under an indictment for the murder of one B. F. Powell, applied to the judge of the Circuit Court (Hon. GEORGE H. CRAIG) for habeas corpus and bail, which was refused. The testimony on the hearing was taken down in writing; exceptions were reserved to the various rulings of the court, and to the refusal to grant bail on the evidence. And the application is here renewed under section 4850 of the Code of 1876. . William M. Nettles, the father of the petitioner, was examined as a witness, and testified that, on the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
There is very great want of order, method, and completeness in the presentation of the evidence in this record. The distances and relative position of the places mentioned are, as a rule, not so explained as that we can be profited by their consideration. This testimony was, no doubt, understood in the examination before the circuit judge; for the trial was had where the homicide was committed, before a judge who is supposed to be familiar with the.localities described. Hence, he had advantages which, in the state of this record, we can not enjoy.
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