Ex Parte Roberts

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered after a hearing in a habeas corpus proceeding seeking reduction of bail after indictment but before trial.

Joint indictments against the appellant Cletus Roberts and his co-defendants, Jack Dale Roberts and Thomas H. Farquhar, were returned by the grand jury in Travis County on the 17th day of February, 1971. The offenses in each were alleged to have been committed on or about the Sth day of February, 1971.

One indictment alleged the robbery of Ruby Howell, by the use of rifles, shotguns and pistols. Bail was set at $100,000 each. A…