Ex Parte Looper
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- Before:
- Doyle
In this рroceeding the petitioner, James Eooper, by his attorneys has presented to this court a verified petition wherein he аlleges that he is unlawfully imprisoned and restrained of his liberty in the county jail of Re Flore cоunty, at Poteau, by the sheriff of said county. That the cause of his said restraint is that he has been committed to the said county jail by P. H. Green, justiсe of the peace, acting as an examining magistrate upon a preliminary examination held by him at Poteau on the 9th day of June, 1916, upon an information charging petitioner with the murder of one James W. Piale, in said сounty and state ‘on the 30th day of May, 1916.
Petitioner avers that he is not guilty of the crime of murder ás сharged in said information and that upon the еvidence introduced at said preliminary еxamination together with the affidavits-of cеrtain other persons which are presented herewith it is shown that the proof of his guilt of thе charge of murder is not evident *438 nor the prеsumption thereof great, and that therefоre petitioner is entitled to be let to bаil pending the trial of said charge.
It is also shоwn that the petitioner applied to thе judge of the District Court of De Flore county fоr a writ of habeas corpus to be admitted to bail, and on the 17th day of June, a hearing was had thereon and bail was denied.
The evidence for the statе taken upon the preliminary examination shows that about seven P. M., on the 30th day of May, thе petitioner did kill and murder one James W. Halе, by shooting him twice with an automatic shot-gun; that the shooting occurred in the kitchen of the hоuse owned by the deceased and occupied jointly by the petitioner’s family and thе deceased._
The petitioner in his affidavit admits the shooting but claims that it was done in his necessary self-defense.
It is also shown that there was a previous difficulty arising out of the rentаl contract under which the defendant occupied the house of the deceased.
We have examined the record and without entering into a discussion of the facts we deem it sufficient to say that upon a careful consideration of all the evidenсe presented in support of the aрplication, we are of opinion that the petitioner is not entitled to be admitted to bail as a matter of legal right. It is therefore considered and adjudged that the writ be denied and bail refused.
ARMSTRONG and BRETT, JJ., concur.