Ex Parte Choynski
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Galveston. Tried, below before Hon. A. C. Allen. . Appeal from an order of court, under habeas corpus proceedings, refusing to reduce bail. - ■ This case grows out of a bill of complaint filed in the corporation court of the city of Galveston on the 25th day of February, 1901, charging relators, Joseph B. Choynski and Jack Johnson, with the commission of prize fighting—a felony under the laws of Texas.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Galveston. Tried, below before Hon. A. C. Allen. . Appeal from an order of court, under habeas corpus proceedings, refusing to reduce bail. - ■ This case grows out of a bill of complaint filed in the corporation court of the city of Galveston on the 25th day of February, 1901, charging relators, Joseph B. Choynski and Jack Johnson, with the commission of prize fighting—a felony under the laws of Texas. Said court, sitting as an examining court on the 26th day of February, held relators to await the action of the grand jury of Galveston County at the…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellants were arrested charged with “prize fighting,” and the bond of each fixed at $5000. Being unable to give this bond, they resorted to the writ of habeas corpus, and the district judge, upon hearing the same, reduced the bail to the sum of $2500 each. Appellants claim this amount is excessive, and they are totally unable to give such bond. The record shows their inability to give bond in this amount. The punishment for this offense is not less than two nor more than five years confinement in the penitentiary. It also shows that the grand jury refused to indict…
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