Ex parte Stoker

DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was charged by complaint in Justice Court, Precinct 7, of Bowie County, with the offense of assault with intent to murder. Bail was set by the justice of the peace in the sum of $20,000.

By petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the Fifth Judicial District Court of Bowie County, appellant sought a reduction of the bail and offered proof of his financial inability to make bond in the sum fixed by the justice of the peace and of his attempt to make a bond in such amount.

This is an appeal from an order entered by the district judge, refusing to reduce the amount…