Helsley v. McKenzie

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Dismissing appeal.

Appellant was charged by indictment with willful murder. Following its return the court overruled his motion for bail; he then filed petition for writ of habeas corpus. On February 16, the court denied the writ. The procedure followed Code provisions as construed in Wells v. Com. (Wells v. Dunn) 299 Ky. 51, 184 S. W. 2d 223, following Smith v. Henson, 298 Ky. 182, 182 S. W. 2d 666. The record was filed on March 21. It failed to show the service of notice of appeal on the jailer, the “other party.”

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