Meyer Harris Cohen v. United States

Appellant appeals from an order made by one judge of the District Court for the Southern District of California raising bail originally fixed by another judge at $100,000, reduced by a second judge to $25,000, and raised by the third to $100,000. Appellant has also filed a “motion to set bail pending appeal and/or a motion to reduce bail.” Both the appeal and the motions are based on the ground that the bail finally fixed was in an excessive amount, violative of pie Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 46(c), 18 U.S.C., and the Eighth Amendment.

Under the procedure suggested as “proper” in…