In re Application of Newsome

In re Application of Newsome
1931 OK CR 108
296 P. 1116
50 Okl.Cr. 133
Decided: 03/06/1931
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

In re application for writ of habeas corpus of Roy Newsome, George Cox, Harry Winn, Frances Reese, and Paul Reese. Writ awarded.

Owen Black and John W. Tyree, for petitioners.

J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., for respondent.

PER CURIAM. This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. Petitioners allege that they are held by the sheriff of Comanche county under a finding of probable cause and a commitment from a magistrate upon a preliminary wherein petitioners were charged with murder, that there is no evidence whatever that petitioners had any connection with the murder charged, and that they are entitled to be discharged.

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