Over the objection of the relator, a certified copy of a "Death Register" or death certificate was received in evidence. on Apthat on the morning of April 15, 1964, Sophie Plenty Wounds was found lying on the floor at the side of the bed in the relator's house that she was unconscious and had no clothes on that she had severe bruises upon her arms, legs, and mouth that the right side of her face was blue and swollen and her right eye was closed that the bruise mark on her face extended over to the side of her head near the temple that she was carried to an automobile and taken to the Pine Ridge Hospital that she did not recover consciousness and that on April 22, 1964, she was transferred to the Rapid City Hospital. This evidence tends to show that Sophie Plenty Wounds appeared to be in good health on Apthat she spent the night of April 14, 1964, at the relator's house in *136 Gordon, Nebraska, on his bed that the relator and Sophie Plenty Wounds were in the relator's house from about 7 p. The respondent, who is the sheriff of Sheridan County, Nebraska, has appealed from that order.Ī transcript of the evidence introduced at the preliminary hearing was attached to and made a part of the petition.
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The trial court found that the detention of the relator was unlawful and ordered that he be discharged from custody. The relator then commenced this action to obtain a writ of habeas corpus upon the ground that his imprisonment was unlawful because the evidence produced at the preliminary hearing was not sufficient to sustain the order of the county court. A preliminary hearing was held and the relator ordered committed to the county jail until discharged according to law or until bail in the amount of $5,000 was furnished. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, BROWER, SMITH and McCOWN, JJ.Ī complaint was filed in the county court of Sheridan County, Nebraska, charging the relator, Vincent Skinner, with manslaughter in the death of Sophie Plenty Wounds.
Lester JENSEN, Sheriff of Sheridan County, Nebraska, Appellant. Application of Vincent SKINNER for a writ of habeas corpus.