Ex Parte Masters

The petitioner herein, Sid Masters, seeks, by writ of habeas corpus, to procure his release from the custody of Ben B. Dancy, sheriff of Oklahoma county, where he is held by virtue of a commitment issued out of the justice court of George H. Giddings, Jr., a justice of the peace for thej Oklahoma City district of Oklahoma county. A complaint was filed in the said court, charging the petitioner with the crime of operating a motor vehicle at an excessive rate of speed upon a public highway, it being alleged that petitioner was driving at a rate of speed in excess of 35 miles per hour, to wit,…