Packenham v. Reed

Citations

• 37 Wash. 258
• 79 P. 786
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 715

Syllabus

<p>Bail — Infant Committed to Refoem School — Appeal and Stay of Execution. An infant convicted of crime and committed to the reform school has a right to he admitted to bail, pending an appeal to the supreme court.</p> <p>Habeas Cobpus — To Admit to Bail — Jurisdiction of Supeeme Couet. The supreme court has jurisdiction of a writ of habeas corpus “to admit to bail a prisoner who has appealed to the supreme court, and may make an order admitting the applicant to bail; and the fact that the superior court had denied bail and could be compelled by mandate to admit to bail, is no bar to the remedy by habeas corpus.</p>