Ex Parte Slavin

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

This an appeal from the order of the trial court entered in two habeas corpus proceedings in which appellant sought a reduction in bail and attacked the validity of the indictment against him on the grounds that the prosecution was barred by the statute of limitations.

The hearing on both writs was consolidated by agreement. The first application attacked the validity of the indictment. The second writ also attacked the validity of the indictment but, in addition, asserted that the bail which had been set in the amount of $20,000.00 was excessive.

We have examined the…