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APPLICATION OF BENNETT

No. 4366.

366 P.2d 343 (1961)

Application of Fred Ellsworth BENNETT, For Writ of Habeas Corpus. Fred Ellsworth BENNETT, Appellant, v. W.E. LEYPOLDT, Sheriff of Clark County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 16, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse & Graves, of Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Roger D. Foley, Attorney General, John F. Mendoza, District Attorney, and Charles L. Garner, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

McNAMEE, Justice.

Petitioner was charged in two separate complaints with rape committed on Catherine and Georgia Ann Bennett, both under the age of 18 years, on or about March 5, 1960. After a preliminary hearing in the Justice Court of Las Vegas Township he was bound over to the district court for trial. Thereafter, an information was filed in the district court below. Before trial on the information he petitioned the lower court for a writ of habeas corpus alleging...

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