In re Williams

The return to the writ in this case shows that the petitioner is held on a bench-warrant regularly issued out of the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, upon an indictment found by the grand jury, charging him with the crime of forgery, a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one nor more than fourteen years, and upon which warrant an order has been regularly indorsed, admitting the prisoner to bail in the sum of eight thousand dollars. The application is in form to be admitted to bail, but upon the hearing the party asks for a reduction of…