Ex Parte Williams

HAWKINS, Judge.

Relator was tried in the district court of Webb County, Texas, and convicted of passing a forged instrument, his punishment being assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

Notice of appeal to this court was given and the trial court fixed his bond pending appeal at two thousand dollars. Relator tendered a bond in legal form with H. G. Tankersley and J. J. Williams (not related to relator) as sureties. The district j'udge and sheriff declined to approve the bond. Relator sued out a writ of habeas corpus before said district judge, and the hearing upon the habeas corpus…