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29 Tex. Ct. App. 128

Ex parte Albitz

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 18, 1890

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1890-10-18

Habeas corpus on appeal from the District Court of Harrison. Tried below before Hon. A. J. Booty. The relator was held under an indictment charging him with the murder of W. H. Clark in Harrison County, Texas, on the 27th day of September, 1890. The order of the judge below on the hearing of the writ of habeas corpus refusing bail is reversed, and bail in the sum of $5000 is awarded. The relator was the first witness who testified on this examination.

Decided 1890-10-18

WILLSON, Judge.

¶1In our judgment the proof is not evident that the applicant is guilty of a capital offense, and we hold that he is entitled to bail. We fix the amount of his bail at the sum of $5000. Upon his giving bail in said sum in accordance with the law he will be released from custody.

¶2We are of the opinion that the statements made by applicant to C. V. Fraley two or three minutes after the homicide, and relating to the homi*132cide, constitute res gestee, and are admissible in his behalf. His statements to Michaelson, however, made several months before the homicide,, are not, we think, admissible in his behalf.

¶3Ordered accordingly.

¶4Judges all present and concurring.

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