DAMRON v. COLEMAN


270 S.W.2d 170 (1954)

DAMRON v. COLEMAN.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

July 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Burke, F. Dale Burke and W. A. Daugherty, Pikeville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Earle V. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. A. Runyon, Commonwealth's Atty., Pikeville, Kelsey E. Friend, County Atty., J. Ervin Sanders, Pikeville, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Following his indictment upon a charge of willful murder, Willard Damron made application to the circuit court of Pike County for bail pending trial. The application was denied, and Damron then filed his petition in the circuit court for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking by this means to secure release from jail upon reasonable bail. The circuit court dismissed the petition and Damron has appealed.

The only question is whether the proof...

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