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1 Utah 214

Ex parte Springer

Utah Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1875

Utah Supreme Court · decided 1875-06-15

The Grand Jury, by which, the Petitioner had been indicted for the crime of murder was held to have been illegally organized, whereupon the petitioner, applied to the Court to be admitted to bail

Decided 1875-06-15

Boreman, J.,

¶1delived the Opinion of the Court.

¶2This case is submitted to us upon the question of the power of the Court to admit the petitioner to bail.

¶3The statute says that the Court is authorized to admit to bail except in “ capital cases.” The party stands indicted for a capital offense, and it is .not admitted by the prosecution that this is less than a capital case, and there are no facte to warrant any other conclusion, or that this would be an exception. The fact that the Grand Jury which found the indictment was illegal will not be considered, as we conceive that wé should stand upon the indictment. The petitioner will not be admitted to bail, and his petition is denied.

¶4The other judges concurred:

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