Russell v. Page

NIX, Judge.

This is an original proceedings filed by the petitioner, Edward L. Russell, alleging he was denied his constitutional right to appeal. He alleges he was not represented by counsel and didn’t know how to appeal; and that he was denied bail.

Petitioner was charged in the District Court of Texas County with the crime of Bogus Check. The state has filed a transcript of these proceedings with their response. From this record it appears that on October 28, 1964, petitioner was charged; he appeared in Justice Court on November 5, 1964, was informed of his rights to a lawyer, defendant…