Application of Pierce

BRETT, Judge.

This is an original action by petition for writ of habeas corpus by Fred Pierce to be allowed bail, which was denied petitioner by Honorable J. Knox Byrum, Judge of the District Court of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.

Pierce was charged by information in the District Court of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, with the crime of murder of Danny Martin allegedly committed on July 23, 1960, at Saint Louis, Oklahoma.

The Court of Criminal Appeals after having examined the transcript of evidence taken on August 21, 1960, before Honorable David D. Parsons, Justice of the Peace of…