Ex Parte Thrash

320 S.W.2d 357 (1959)

Ex parte Lawrence W. THRASH.

No. 30404.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 7, 1959.

Allen & Street, D. N. McMahan, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Merle Flagg, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying bail, after an indictment for murder.

The Constitution of this State says that all prisoners are entitled to bail except in capital cases "when the proof is evident." Article I, Section 11, Vernon's Ann.St. The term "proof evident" means that the…