Supreme Court of Alabama June 15, 1850 (Ex parte Stiff)

DARGAN, C. J.

Edward Stiff, by his counsel, presents his petition to the court for a writ of habeas corpus, and prays that he may be admitted to bail. The facts alleged in his petition are these: At the Fall Term 1847, the petitioner was indicted in the Circuit Court of Cherokee for the murder of Wm. Gilbert, and at that and the next succeeding term, the cause was continued by the prisoner.