Ex Parte Finn
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Johnson. Tried below before Hon. J. D. Goldsmith. Appeal from habeas corpus proceeding to reduce bail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Relator was arrested under fourteen separate and distinct charges for violating the local option law. His bond was fixed by the sheriff at $400 in each case. Being unable to give sufficient surety to satisfy the officers he resorted to the writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of reducing the amount of the bail so fixed. Upon the hearing the county judge refused the reduction. The county attorney testified that he prepared complaints and informations, filed them in the county court, charging relator with fourteen separate and distinct sales. The sheriff testified…
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