Ex Parte Ransom

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Relator was arrested on a capias pro fine issued out of the County Court, for the balance due on fine and costs adjudged against him on a conviction for carrying a pistol. The statement of facts shows that, after his conviction in the County Court, his stepfather, Charley Christian, secured a convict bond from the County Judge to sign and secure necessary sureties, for the purpose of hiring out relator as a county convict. Christian never returned the bond, and the County Judge never approved the same. Christian signed said bond, and procured James Barnett to sign it as…