Ladner v. Walker

RODGERS, Justice.

The appellant, Douglas Ladner, was arrested on a charge of having murdered his wife, and is being held without bail. He filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus before the Hon. Sebe Dale, Circuit Judge of the “district in which the relator is imprisoned”, in accordance with Mississippi Code Annotated section 2819 (1956). The writ was denied by the trial judge and the petitioner has appealed to this Court.

The appellant contends that the trial' judge should have granted the writ of habeas corpus releasing him on bail to await his indictment and trial. The thesis *402of his…