Ex Parte Olive
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County ; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. Ex parte petition by Otho Olive for writ of habeas corpus. From an order denying him bail, petitioner appeals. On any hypothesis of the evidence, petitioner was entitled to bail. 51 Ala. 1. The court properly denied bail, as evidence was in sharp conflict. 75 South. 756, and authorities there cited.
1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J.
The petitioner, Olive, on the 27th day of August, 1919, shot the deceased, Bunk Walker, with 'a pistol, killing him.
A preliminary trial was had in the inferior .court of Bessemer on September 13, 1919, at which time the court ordered that the defendant be committed to jail and there held to await the action of the grand jury by which he was indicted. On September 17, 1919, the petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in the Bessemer division of the circuit court of Jefferson county, and on the .same date an order was issued to the sheriff to bring the petitioner before the court on…
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