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Ex Parte Steen

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 22, 1920
226 S.W. 674 (Tex. Crim. App. 1920)

Opinion

No. 6111.

Decided December 22, 1920.

Habeas Corpus — Practice on Appeal.

Where, upon appeal from a habeas corpus proceeding, refusing bail, the evidence entitled relator to bail the same is granted without discussing the evidence.

Appeal from the District Court of Hemphill. Tried below before the Honorable W.S. Anderson.

Appeal from a refusal of bail in habeas corpus proceedings. Bail granted.

The opinion states the case.

No brief on file for appellant.

Alvin M. Owsley, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


Under a charge of murder appellant resorted to a writ of habeas corpus for bail, upon the hearing of which he was remanded to custody. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

We have carefully read the evidence, but in view of the fact that the case may be tried by a jury we refrain from discussing the evidence or our reasons for the conclusion we have reached. We are of opinion that appellant should have been granted bail. Therefore, the judgment is reversed and appellant is admitted to bail in the sum of ten thousand dollars. The sheriff of Bexar county, or the officer having appellant in custody, will take and approve his bond in the above amount, in the terms of the law, and upon the giving of which appellant shall be discharged from custody.

Reversed and bail granted.

Bail granted.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Steen

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 22, 1920
226 S.W. 674 (Tex. Crim. App. 1920)
Case details for

Ex Parte Steen

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE JOHN STEEN

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Dec 22, 1920

Citations

226 S.W. 674 (Tex. Crim. App. 1920)
88 Tex. Crim. 316

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