Ex Parte Knox

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for robbery by the use of firearms. He sought through habeas corpus proceeding to be released on bail. From an order remanding him without bail this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellant and two others robbed a bank at Tehuacana, in Limestone County, and obtained something over $1,600. Appellant and one other robber exhibited pistols and presented them at the bank officers, by means of which the robbery was effected. No shots were fired; no one was injured, the reason, perhaps, being that no resistance was offered.

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