Ex Parte Colston

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Judge on a habeas corpus proceeding in which the reduction of bail was sought. Relator was convicted of the offense of rape, and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years. The amount of bail pending the appeal was fixed at §5,000. Evidence was heard from which it appears, without conflict, that the relator was without financial resources and that the financial conditions of his friends and relatives were such that they would not be able to qualify as sureties upon a bond of so…