Ex parte Kendall

Indiana Supreme Court

Ex parte Kendall

100 Ind. 599, 1885 Ind. LEXIS 251

CourtIndiana Supreme Court

DecidedMarch 14, 1885

DocketNo. 12,172

StatusPublished

Cited by17 cases

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Ex parte Kendall, 100 Ind. 599, 1885 Ind. LEXIS 251 (Ind. 1885).

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Zollars, C. J.

:Being charged in an indictment with murder in the first degree, appellants were committed and are held in jail. By a proceeding in habeas corpus, instituted in the court below, they sought to be admitted to bail. Upon the hearing this was refused, and they were remanded into custody. They appeal. The case is before us upon the evidence, and it is our duty, in a case of this kind, to examine and pass upon it. Ex Parte Heffren, 27 Ind. 87; Ex Parte Sutherlin, 56 Ind. 595; Ex Parte Walton, 79 Ind. 600.

An indictment for murder duly returned implies prima facie that the parties indicted have no right to bail. Ex Parte Jones, 55 Ind. 176. The burden is upon appellants to show that the proof of their 'guilt is not evident, and that the presumption of their guilt is not strong. Ex Parte Jones, supra; Ex Parte Heffren, supra.

Following the oral testimony of the witnesses, there is in the bill of exceptions a statement by the prosecuting attorney that one of the State’s witnesses was absent, and also a statement as to what the testimony of the witness Avould be if present. Without establishing any rule to be followed generally in cases of this character, Ave have, for the purposes of this case, considered Avhat the 'absent wi tness might testify to, as stated by the prosecuting attorney, in connection Avith the other testimony upon the hearing. Thus considering it, and all the testimony upon the hearing, and applying the above rules to the case, Ave are of the opinion that appellants should have been admitted to bail.

It is not necessary for us to extend this opinion by setting out the evidence. We know of no good purpose that will be subserved by doing so. Inasmuch as the parties are yet to be tried upon the merits of the case, it setems more proper that the evidence should not be set out.

The judgment is reversed, with instructions to the court below to admit appellants to reasonable bail.

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Zollars, C. J.

:Being charged in an indictment with murder in the first degree, appellants were committed and are held in jail. By a proceeding in habeas corpus, instituted in the court below, they sought to be admitted to bail. Upon the hearing this was refused, and they were remanded into custody. They appeal. The case is before us upon the evidence, and it is our duty, in a case of this kind, to examine and pass upon it. Ex Parte Heffren, 27 Ind. 87; Ex Parte Sutherlin, 56 Ind. 595; Ex Parte Walton, 79 Ind. 600.

An indictment for murder duly returned implies prima facie that the parties indicted have no right to bail. Ex Parte Jones, 55 Ind. 176. The burden is upon appellants to show that the proof of their 'guilt is not evident, and that the presumption of their guilt is not strong. Ex Parte Jones, supra; Ex Parte Heffren, supra.

Following the oral testimony of the witnesses, there is in the bill of exceptions a statement by the prosecuting attorney that one of the State’s witnesses was absent, and also a statement as to what the testimony of the witness Avould be if present. Without establishing any rule to be followed generally in cases of this character, Ave have, for the purposes of this case, considered Avhat the 'absent wi tness might testify to, as stated by the prosecuting attorney, in connection Avith the other testimony upon the hearing. Thus considering it, and all the testimony upon the hearing, and applying the above rules to the case, Ave are of the opinion that appellants should have been admitted to bail.

It is not necessary for us to extend this opinion by setting out the evidence. We know of no good purpose that will be subserved by doing so. Inasmuch as the parties are yet to be tried upon the merits of the case, it setems more proper that the evidence should not be set out.

The judgment is reversed, with instructions to the court below to admit appellants to reasonable bail.

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