Ex Parte Crawford

Christian, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district judge of Jefferson County refusing relator bail and remanding him to the custody of the sheriff.

A number of indictments are pending against relator in the criminal district court of Jefferson County, each charging embezzlement of property over the value of fifty dollars. On February 23, 1938, relator was adjudged insane by the county court of McLennan County and removed to the “Veterans’ Hospital” for restraint and treatment. On the 20th of April, 1938, the judge of the criminal district court of Jefferson County issued a bench…