Wade v. State

CATES, Judge.

This appeal is from an order and judgment of the lower court in a proceeding of habeas corpus, wherein it is contended that excessive bail was fixed and required by the-circuit judge. Constitution 1901, § 16, prescribes non-excessive bail;

"Sec. 16. That all persons shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses, when the proof is evident or the presumption great; and that excessive bail shall not in any case be required.”

There are three cases in this consolidated proceeding in which the appellant’s counsel contends bail is excessive.…