ANCHRUM v. STATE

6 Div. 445.

89 So.2d 225 (1956)

George ANCHRUM v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

August 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edmund Odum, Birmingham, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., Bernard F. Sykes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and George Young, of counsel, for the State.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County denying appellant bail in a habeas corpus proceeding.

The appellant is under indictment for murder in the first degree.

Under the provisions of Section 16 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, an accused must be allowed bail except in capital cases, and even then unless the proof is evident or the presumption great.

The true meaning of the phrases "proof is...

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