Ex Parte Jones

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Honorable J. H. Starley, Judge of the 143rd District Court, denying relief on an application for habeas corpus before trial.

Appellant contends that the court erred in refusing to reduce bail which had been set at $20,000.

There is no evidence that an effort had been made to furnish bail in the amount fixed. In the absence of such evidence, we overrule the complaint that the bail is excessive. Ex parte Toppings, Tex.Cr.App., 422 S.W.2d 459; Ex parte Vernon, Tex.Cr. App., 397 S.W.2d 224; Ex parte Shaw, 170 Tex.Cr.R. 315, 340 S.W.2d…