State v. Beaverstall
North Dakota Supreme Court
Wesley Styles, after a preliminary examination before a committing magistrate, was held to answer upon a charge of manslaughter in the first degree, committed upon the person of one Peter J. Selseth. He was committed in default of bail, and petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that there was not sufficient or probable cause to justify his commitment and detention.
1Opinion of the CourtCochrane, J.
Wesley Styles petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus. A stipulation was entered into in open court by the counsel for respective parties, whereby the entire matter is-to be disposed of upon the petition for the writ. The physical presence of petitioner before the court was waived, and it was agreed that if, upon a hearing, the court should determine that petitioner-*529was entitled to his release, the writ should forthwith issue; otherwise its denial should be taken as a finale to this proceeding.
Petitioner was arrested and taken before a justice of the peace of Benson county, in this…
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