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18 Tex. Ct. App. 227

Ex parte Matlock

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 16, 1885

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1885-05-16

Tried below before the Hon. R. E. Beckham. On January 16,1885, the grand jury of Tarrant county presented an indictment charging Horace Matlock, the appellant, with the murder of W. A. Youngblood, on the 29th of the preceding December, by shooting him with a pistol. Soon afterwards, being in arrest under a copias issued upon the indictment, he applied for and obtained the writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of determining his right to give bail.

Decided 1885-05-16

White, Presiding Judge.

¶1This is an appeal from a refusal of the district judge to grant bail upon an application by habeas corpus. We have examined the evidence, as shown by the statement of facts in the record, most carefully, and our conclusion therefrom is that the applicant is entitled to bail. From the proofs on the subject we are of opinion the amount of the bail should be fixed at the sum of $3,000. Bail is fixed at that sum, and upon applicant’s entering into bond in said amount with approved security, the bond being conditioned as the law requires, the sheriff of Tar-rant county will release said applicant from custody.

¶2Reversed and bail granted.

¶3[Opinion delivered May 16, 1885.]

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