BROOKS v. GAW


346 S.W.2d 543 (1961)

Gertrude BROOKS, Appellant, v. Hershal GAW, Jailer of Harlan County, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Murphy Howard, Harlan, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., David B. Sebree, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STEWART, Judge.

Appellant, Gertrude Brooks, was indicted by the Harlan County grand jury for the murder of Frank Bowen. When she was arraigned she entered a plea of not guilty, but no bail was set. She thereupon moved for bail and, after the circuit judge had heard the testimony of an eyewitness to the event out of which the murder charge grew, he decided she should not be released on bail.

Appellant thereafter sought by habeas corpus to have bail set. At...

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