Ex parte Brewer

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

Appellant, in his application for habeas corpus, alleged that he was confined by virtue of an indictment in the 178th Judicial District Court for the offense of theft, and that bail which had been set in the amount of $2,500 was excessive. He also alleged that unlawful “detainers” from Lake Charles, Louisiana and Plattsburg, Missouri had been placed against him.

Judge Dan Walton in the 178th District Court granted the writ of habeas corpus on December 15, 1969. The return of C. V. “Buster” Kern, Sheriff of Harris County, shows that appellant was held by virtue of a…